Tender Advertisement #942576

Purpose:
This project seeks to identify and mitigate operational boundaries and identify areas of opportunities associated with future automated heavy vehicle operations in regional and remote areas. Specific issues and opportunities that may include:
•Ability of remote and regional road infrastructure to handle automated heavy vehicles.
•Interaction with other road users where overtaking options are limited (for example, interaction with non-automated light vehicles).
•Ability to safely manage ‘washouts’ and other issues impacting the road network.
•Identify probable requirements for private road and infrastructure investment to ensure seamlessintegration for automated heavy vehicles travelling between private infrastructure and the road network.
•Identify areas of operations where the technology can provide significant benefits specific to remote andregional heavy vehicle operations.
•Development of an implementation plan for automated heavy vehicles in regional and remote areas(with the required regulatory and safety outcomes in place).
Deliverables:
The outputs of the project include:
•Assessment of the capability of existing and future automated and connected vehicle technology,including platooning, to be able to operate on Australasian rural and regional road infrastructure. Thisoutput should focus on infrastructure and technology considerations, provides consideration for lightvehicles as well as heavy vehicles and be conducted in coordination with the Connected and AutomatedVehicles program.
•A secondary review of current national and international research on automated heavy vehicles andpossible impacts and opportunities for heavy vehicle operations in regional and remote areas withinAustralasia.
•Analysis and review the outcomes of heavy vehicle automated trials that have previously beenconducted.
•Workshops with road agencies to discuss perceived regional, remote and private road issues andopportunities that may impact on automated heavy vehicles.
•A research report delivered to Austroads outlining the operational issues, challenges and opportunitiesfacing automated and connected heavy vehicles on remote and regional roads. The report should alsoprovide commentary on actions government may take to facilitate resolution of these issues andchallenges in order to pro-actively plan for the introduction of the technology on remote and regionalroads. The report will also Identify and evaluate industries that would benefit from automated vehicleheavy vehicle operations in remote and regional areas.
•Development of an implementation plan for automated heavy vehicles in regional and remote areas(with the required regulatory and safety outcomes in place).
•A webinar to inform stakeholders on the outcomes of the project.
We have included our Consultancy Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note, our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.