Tender Advertisement #1471620

PURPOSE:

To provide coordinated design guidance for roads and infrastructure to accommodate the safe and effective operation of emerging transport technologies, including Automated Vehicles (AVs), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), Electric Vehicles (EVs), Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).

The project will deliver a variety of assets to support subject matter experts (SMEs) when undertaking roads and infrastructure planning, design and development including: A CAV and future transport literature review, logic map, and design report.

SCOPE:

This project will:
• Review and analyse current road design standards and their suitability for CAVs and future transport technologies such as: EVs, ADAS and C-ITS
• Identify challenges and limitations in existing roads and infrastructure concerning CAVs and future transport technologies, taking into account latest international standards and initiatives.
• Identify planning and design opportunities to support future transport technologies and beneficial outcomes
• Develop specific and detailed design principles for road infrastructure that support CAVs and future transport technologies
• Develop an in-depth literature review focusing on design guides, case studies and frameworks required to support CAVs and future transport integration.
• Create a roads and infrastructure design report to support CAVs and future transport network operation and integration:
a. Conduct stakeholder engagement with road design teams and consultancies in regard to their key questions and concerns for report chapters and focus areas;
b. Recommend guidelines needing to be developed to support operation and uptake of future transport including AVs, CAVs, EVs, ADAS, C-ITS and other future road technologies; and
c. Recommend target review cycles for design guidelines relating to future technologies ensuring guides remain up to date with current innovations.
• Create a future transport online logic map that links SMEs to the appropriate AV, CAV, EV, ADAS and C-ITS design guidelines and frameworks for their project area. This logic map should be underpinned by, or integrate into, a Movement and Place framework. The logic map will need to be published and made available on the Austroads website.

In executing the project, stakeholder engagement is crucial, involving active collaboration with the Vehicles and Technology Task Force control group (PCG) representatives overseeing product development, and other key contributors who can provide valuable insights. This includes engaging with road design teams and stakeholders in future mobility design and research. The consultant will also conduct thorough research and analysis to augment the stakeholder engagement process.

DELIVERABLES:

This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Literature review
• CAV and future transport roads and infrastructure design report
• CAV and future transport logic map
• Webinar, including presentation and responses to questions
• Project management and control outputs, including a Project Plan
• Project data with populated metadata spreadsheet

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].