Tender Advertisement #1498062

PURPOSE:
Austroads seeks responses from appropriately experienced service providers to:
To identify key functional requirements and options for implementing a national system to manage the security of Co operative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) messages across Australia.
SCOPE:
This project aims to develop options for a national system to manage the security of C ITS messages. The security system must be suitable for: both long- and short-range communications; scenarios using separate, harmonised or a single national C-ITS Central Station; and be aligned with national security and privacy requirements.

It is envisioned that a follow-up project, if agreed by the Austroads Board, will focus on the New Zealand perspective. Therefore, issues relating to New Zealand are out of scope.

This project is intended to provide Australian governments with a baseline reference report to help inform future decisions. The research report should be easily understood by general audiences who may not have relevant domain or technical knowledge. It should be professionally laid out to support readability and engagement and not be presented as a lengthy academic or detailed technical report.

DELIVERABLES:
This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Deliverable 1: Inception meeting and project plan with detailed scope and timeline
• Deliverable 2: Draft report chapters on Part 1 SCMS overview, Part 2 Summary of key functional requirements and components and Part 3 International benchmarking
• Deliverable 3: Draft report chapters on Part 4 Considerations for Australian decision makers and Part 5 SCMS options for Australia
• Deliverable 4: Draft report chapters on Part 6 Comparative analysis and Part 7 Summary of findings
• Deliverable 5: Draft research report for PCG & VaT Taskforce review
• Deliverable 6: Final report for Austroads Board endorsement and publication
• Deliverable 7: Webinar presenting project outcomes to Austroads members.

Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
• Writing & Format Requirements for 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].