Tender Advertisement #1578038

Purpose:
To provide a comprehensive framework for change management around speed, specifically taking account of community understanding and perceptions, including socio-psychological insights.
Objective:
The objectives of this project are to:
• Equip managers with socio-psychological insights and proven communication methods to influence public attitudes (based on existing attitudes and beliefs as well as successful methods for changing them), counter motivated reasoning, and highlight life-saving benefits of speed management, as well as other co-benefits.
• Foster agency and stakeholder coordination by creating consistent, credible messaging that underpins evidence-based practices and addresses common myths (e.g., “revenue raising” from enforcement activity).
• Develop a robust, structured engagement strategy that clearly conveys the link between ‘speed’ and serious road trauma as well as other co-benefits, thereby securing broader support for sustainable, lower-speed policies aligned with Safe System goals and Network Safety Plans.
Deliverables:
This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Research Report with guidance on speed management guidance, based on findings from Workstream 1 and 2
• A resource ‘toolkit’ with materials to support speed management engagement
• Webinar on project findings

The project team must include a nominated technical editor. The Tenderer is responsible for ensuring the Research Report is of a professional standard and meet Austroads’ publishing requirements.

Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
• Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note that our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.

All submissions that are research project based must adhere to the Austroads style requirements and the Australian Government Style Manual

Summary of Austroads Publication Requirements for Research Reports:
Consultants engaged to deliver research reports for Austroads are required to use a standard report template designed to ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility across all published outputs. While the full template will be provided upon contract commencement, the following outlines the key requirements tenderers should be aware of:

General Formatting and Style
• Reports must follow the Australian Government Style Manual, particularly in relation to:
o Inclusive and accessible language
o Grammar, punctuation, and capitalisation (e.g. sentence case for most headings)
o Referencing and attribution
• Use pre-defined Austroads styles for all headings, body text, tables, figures, and captions. Manual formatting (e.g. changing fonts or colours directly) is not permitted.
• The Table of Contents must be auto-generated and kept updated.
• The report should be:
o Logically structured: Each section must contribute to the report's purpose.
o Consistent: No conflicting information or contradictions.
o Thorough: All aspects of the agreed scope must be fully addressed and justified.
Content Development Guidelines
• The Summary and Section 1 (Introduction) are mandatory for all reports.
• Reports must include appropriate referencing for external sources, data, and studies.
• Any copyrighted material used must have documented permission and be properly acknowledged.
• A qualified editor must review the report before submission to ensure correct grammar, spelling, and readability.
Figures and Tables
• All figures and tables must:
o Be sequentially numbered
o Include a clear caption inserted using the Microsoft Word Insert Caption tool
• Images and diagrams must be clear, relevant, and referred to in the text.
Technical Details
• Specific instructions are included for each section within the template (e.g. expected content, structure, and formatting).
• Reports must avoid "style corruption" often caused by copying and pasting formatted text—authors must verify styles remain consistent with Austroads' format.
• Reports should be reviewed to ensure there is no duplication, ambiguity, or omission of scope elements.

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.