Awarded contract

Highways GPS System and 5 Year Maintenance

Details

Buyer: Medway Council
Supplier(s): Sccs
Value: £30,000
Duration: 5 years
Published: 14 November 2022
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Medway Council (“The Council”) is a unitary authority based in Kent, undertaking all unitary authority duties (including Highways) and administration functions for the Medway towns, consisting of the main towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham. Our Highways Service is seeking to purchase a Leica iCON iCG70T GPS system to allow Council engineers to carry out topographical surveys in house, increasing productivity, staking out designs faster and improve quality control. The Council will be seeking a full cost breakdown of annual HxGN SmartNet+ software and maintenance cost, for a total of 5 years (upon expiry of the supplier’s warranty period). Any costs shall include any software updates that are necessary over the duration of the contract.

Timeline

Completed: Award published14 November 2022
Current notice
Completed: Award date21 November 2022
Next: Contract expiry date21 November 2027in 14 months

About the buyer

Medway Council governs the Medway towns in Kent, and buys as a local authority with its own central procurement team. All contracting opportunities are advertised on the Kent Business Portal, where suppliers can search live tenders and set up email alerts. Suppliers must also register on the Central Digital Platform, a requirement since the Procurement Act 2023 took effect. Dynamic purchasing systems cover recurring needs such as SEND transport, supported living and agency staff recruitment. Premarket engagement with suppliers shapes tender requirements before contracts go live. The council also publishes its full contracts register on the same portal.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Medway Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medway-council.gov