# Signalling and VMS Positioning Requirements Research

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Highways England
- Contract winner: [Arup](/contract-winners/arup/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £125,000
- Tender value: £124,999
- Award date: 7 August 2019
- Published: 8 August 2019
- Contract start: 7 August 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6d06f0bf-84af-4b8d-a4e7-58fa183eb782-306910
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2038a21e-36de-438a-8a4b-f8771c06ab09

## Description

Highways England is seeking the provision of services to undertake research into signalling and VMS positioning requirements, focusing on: a\) Differences in existing signalling and VMS positioning requirements for motorways and smart motorways \(Task 2\); b\) Signalling and VMS positioning requirements for all-purpose trunk roads \(Task 3\); and c\) Seek to determine whether the existing \(and any proposed\) positioning requirements are robust based on drivers' ability to retain information presented to them via signals/VMS \(Task 4\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d06f0bf-84af-4b8d-a4e7-58fa183eb782-306910)