Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c53-4c49-72e5-a034-f67788a0f93c/1-1085-ntis-phase-3-service-design-continuation awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # 1-1085 NTIS Phase 3 Service Design Continuation [Highways England](https://tendernation.io/buyers/highways-england) Estimated value £248,573 Published 22 May 2020 Deadline Closed 13 May 2020 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Highways England is looking to set up a contract for provision of a service design and technical consultancy support task. This will assist Highways England National Traffic Information Service (NTIS) transition project team with delivering a new operating model and defining technical requirements for the future NTIS service that will enable the NTIS service a data driven future. The main deliverables of this technical consultancy task are to define what the future transitional NTIS service will be and the internal and external changes required to bring that into being, ready for go live May 2021. NTIS interfaces with a number of systems from different suppliers to obtain knowledge of Highways England's network of roads in England. It then collates and processes this data and intelligence to provide users of the services with the information they need, as quickly and as easily as possible, to help them make informed decisions about travel. NTIS predicts the impact of events (planned and unplanned) and provides a time for the incident to clear and traffic to return to normal flow. Information is distributed to VMS, websites, satnavs and data services. There are over 8 million viewers of travel time per day, messages on over 3,000 VMS, 1.5m journey times displayed on Travel Time VMS per month. ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4a55768b-3e5b-4081-936e-3ecaabd0e877) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Highways England: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/highways-england) [Sector More Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation · Northumberland County Council · 22 days left · 10 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-464d-73d3-9c3e-e81aa703d9f0/ncc1999-ne-rural-growth-programme-evaluation) [Nature recovery and intangible cultural heritage · Natural England · 25 days left · 12 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4787-7110-ab3a-3a405c46164b/nature-recovery-and-intangible-cultural-heritage) [Local Government Data Sharing Playbook: Multi-Agency Sharing in Children’s Social Care · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4947-728c-ad83-59c066944fda/local-government-data-sharing-playbook-multi-agency-sharing-in-childrens-socia) [Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector · Tewkesbury Borough Council · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15476-6446-722b-9ec6-44e39018b2f6/specialist-adviceadvisor-service-for-gloucestershires-advanced-engineering-and) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Forschungsprojekt - DZSF - Mobilitätskettenanalyse - Wie Verkehrsdaten den ländlichen Schienenverkehr stärken können · Eisenbahn-Bundesamt · 100 days left · 27 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2140-73b5-8807-5ad43f7122d9/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-f) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Begleitforschung Städtebauförderung - Wissenstransfer: Anwendungsleitfaden des Bundes zur Praxis Städtebauförderung · Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR) · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4375-730a-9135-c6d6d211cb68/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-b)