003257 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for a Digital Road Management Platform

The Highway Network Management Team at Durham County Council (DCC) is responsible for overseeing and managing the county's road network, supporting both operational delivery and strategic network planning. The service delivers a range of activities including coordination of 40,000+ street works activities per year, network monitoring, permit management, and traffic management interventions.
The Council is seeking to explore the procurement of a single, modern Digital Road Management Platform to improve efficiency, data visibility, and service delivery. The proposed system will need to support both office-based and field-based operations,
The platform will be required to meet appropriate standards for data protection, security, accessibility, and public sector compliance.
The system will be primarily used by highway network management officers, traffic engineers, inspectors, and support staff across the service.
We are seeking to formally procure the services of a digital road management platform, who will provide an electronic administration platform for the effective management for the highway network management team, the platform must link into the Department for Transports Street Manager system.
The proposed contract length is 6 years, with break clauses every 2 years, and we are anticipating a service go live date of 1st July 2027.
This notice forms part of our preliminary market engagement, offering you the opportunity to share feedback and comments before the opportunity is released for formal tender submissions.
Interested providers can access the written response questions, free of charge, by registering on the Open Portal at www.open-uk.org
The deadline for completed responses is Friday 26th June 2026 at 12 noon.