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Transport For Greater Manchester

TfGM Variable Message Signs (VMS) and Car Park Monitoring 2025

Transport EquipmentCPV 34000000 34900000 34920000
Value£1.9m
Awarded21 Jul 2025
Published3 Nov 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.9mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

TfGM was looking to establish a contract for a single supplier for the for the supply, installation and maintenance of TfGM's VMS and car park monitoring infrastructure over a potential five-year period.

The contract is a 3+1+1 term with the additional years as possible extensions.

TfGM currently operate and maintain a strategic network of VMS devices across Greater Manchester, informing highway users of incidents, events, car park information and dynamic journey times.

They are currently managed and scheduled by the TfGM Control Centre Officers on a 24/7 basis.

In addition to the VMS, TfGM also currently operate and maintain a network of Car Park counting sites that provide real-time occupancy information.

This information is then published to TfGM's common database, which can then be used to populate VMS and is also published to TfGM's Open Data Portal.

The maintenance of these existing assets is included in the scope of this procurement.

TfGM used the CCS RM6099 framework, Lot 4, that was let under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR15) to find a suitable supplier for this opportunity.

The chosen supplier was awarded based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) offer, which is in line with the PCR15 regulations.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

TfGM currently operate and maintain a strategic

TfGM currently operate and maintain a strategic network of VMS devices across Greater Manchester, informing highway users of incidents, events, car park information and dynamic journey times.

02

In addition to the VMS, TfGM also

In addition to the VMS, TfGM also currently operate and maintain a network of Car Park counting sites that provide real-time occupancy information.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
TfGM used the CCS RM6099 framework, Lot 4, that was let under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR15) to find a suitable supplier for this opportunity.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
2024/039
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