Tender Advertisement #1308048

Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to support agencies in developing and implementing movement and place frameworks by:
• building a common movement and place language across Australia and New Zealand, and
• delivering best

Scope:
This project will require consultants to:
• review national and international experience to assist in defining best practice
• consult with subject matter experts, both government and non-government, to collectively define best practice, including identifying pros and cons of different interpretations and approaches to applying movement and place
• review and update the existing movement and place content in the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 4: Network Management Strategies to:
o present a common language of movement and place framework elements that is suitable for agencies at various stages of adoption in their movement and place approach
o identify the role of movement and place frameworks as the foundation of network management and road design
o review other parts of the Guide to provide for consistent references and consolidation of movement and place content.
o Provide updated case studies to illustrate the above
• reference recommendations which could be used to inform future revisions of the Austroads Guide to Road Design, and
• identify opportunities for practical Austroads tools that may complement the movement and place guidance and support agencies in their road transport planning activities.
Austroads will provide some assistance with consultation with member agencies, such as access to forums including the Network Task Force and the Road Design Task Force (and their supporting Technical Reference Groups). Austroads will also provide some of the relevant documentary inputs, such as recent Austroads research reports.

Deliverables:
This strategic review is expected to produce the following deliverables:
• Phase 1:
○ Project Plan – including Stakeholder Engagement
• Phase 2: Context, current state and opportunities
○ Literature review chapter
○ Consultation summary chapter
• Phase 3: Improving the Guidance
○ finalised internal report that sets out the current situation for members, and the opportunities for improved guidance, report to include:
 mapping of all recommended changes to AGTM based on the review
 revised AGTM Part 4
○ input to a board approval process
• Phase 4: Reporting the results
○ finalised research report that provides a summary of the recommendations for the AGTM and the basis for those recommendations
○ webinar
• Project management activities:
○ suitable project management and control documents

Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
• Instructions for Authors of Austroads Publications which sets out the writing and formatting standards for research, technical and internal reports.
• Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note that our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.

All submissions are to be submitted as a PDF at a maximum size of 10MB.

All submissions are to include a completed Tender Proposal Coversheet.

The naming convention for submissions is: [your Company name] – [Project No.] – [any internal reference numbers].