Tender Advertisement #1331623

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this project is to deliver best practice guidance on the planning processes for pedestrian infrastructure, incorporating movement and place principles.

SCOPE:
This project will require consultants to:
• Analyse the evolving needs of pedestrian planning (noting that walking is part of every journey), including:
o the need to share corridors, road space and infrastructure with other activities and journeys – including people riding bicycles and using micromobility devices;
o planning for pedestrians who use mobility devices such as wheelchairs and mobility canes; and
o changes to Australian Standards, in particular the AS 1742 series, which affect the provision, design and operation of pedestrian crossings, facilites and street environments.
• Review national and international experience and innovations to help define best practice.
• Consult with subject matter experts, including government and non-government, to collectively define best practice.
• Review and update the guidance on pedestrian planning contained in the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management (AGTM). This will incorporate case studies and include guidance on:
o developing network-wide pedestrian strategies and plans which includes the practical application of movement and place principles.
o selecting best practice treatments for pedestrians to access local destinations - acknowledging changing work patterns and locations and supporting pedestrian access for retail, school and other local trips
o education or communication strategy to support the implementation of the pedestrian strategies to plans.
o appropriate signs and line markings to support any treatments as part of the pedestrian strategies or plans.
• Recommend changes to Australian Standards (e.g. new roads signs or pavement markings) or the Australian Road Rules, if required
• Reference recommendations which could be used to inform future revisions of the Austroads Guide to Road Design.
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) and the MS-012 Standards Australia Committee. 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: Inception and planning
○ Project Plan – including Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Data Management Plan
• 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.
○ The report will include mapping of all recommended changes to AGTM based on the review
○ 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 including project data with populated metadata spreadsheet and stakeholder engagement plan

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].