Scalable Free-Flow Charging solution

Highways England is in the early stages of developing a scalable free-flow charging solution for commencement of live service between 2021 and 2024, which will include schemes such as Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing. The solution would be a potential enabler to realising any longer term aspiration of interoperability between charging schemes and a smarter integrated service for the customer. Highways England wishes to speak to the market to gain their insights and experience in this field which will be fed into the development and make-up of the scalable free-flow charging solution.

We anticipate the following industries will be interested in this opportunity:

• Tolling and free-flow charging providers;
• CCTV and ANPR camera manufacturers;
• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) providers;
• Field engineers and maintainers;
• Contact centre and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies;
• Civil enforcement and debt management providers;
• Payment solution providers (e.g. merchant acquirer services); and
• Software vendors.

Interested parties are requested to read the pre-procurement briefing and to confirm their attendance at the market engagement day by emailing TechnologyProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk by 5pm on 5th February 2018 should they wish to attend. Attendance is strictly restricted to 1 attendee per organisation. Lunch is provided. Interested parties should also outline any specific dietary or accessibility requirements.