Strategic & Tactical Transport Modelling Services: Modelling Advisory Service

Tender description

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is seeking an expert panel of individuals to provide advice on transport modelling. The appointed experts with have either a proven cross-disciplinary track record of thought leadership in transport, land use and human behaviour modelling; or a deep understanding a particular relevant topic within this. The panel will be commissioned to meet periodically during the year to guide what will be a radical change to the way the West Midlands undertakes its transport and land use modelling, as well as for specific client advice, ranging from deep technical specifications to assisting with the writing of briefs for model development; and / or for modelling applications for specific schemes or assessments. Appointment to the Modelling Advisory Services framework will confer a number of benefits to suppliers: • Opportunity to earn fees from call-off commissions by direct instruction or mini-tender from TfWM and from the seven WMCA Constituent Authorities, over a four-year period. • Appointment to a Modelling Advisory Panel for a sub-set of framework suppliers that includes paid attendance at modelling workshops. • Shaping the forward route map for strategic and tactical transport modelling methods that will address our economic, housing, social and environmental challenges. • Supporting the forecasting and appraisal that will enable us to grasp the opportunities that devolution provides for achieve our local goals and increase our standing in the nation's economy. • Development of new modelling techniques to bring realism to strategic and tactical modelling and to enhance links between tactical and operational modelling. • Access to data inputs and model outputs that can support modelling research and the sharing of modelling capability through journal papers and conference seminars. • Potential opportunities to see your services to wider client group that will have access to buying off the framework, e.g. Highways England and Midlands Connect. The value of the framework is based on estimated call offs at the time of publishing this notice. There may be additional public bodies accessing the framework during its duration (4 years) which may increase the level of spend by way of call-off. WMCA cannot guarantee that this level of spend will be incurred. The value1 £1M comprises: - £400k WMCA partner authority strategic and tactical transport modelling commissions, as per original posting; - £200k WMCA partner authority commissions under the newly announced Future Mobility Area programme; and - £400k non-WMCA authority strategic and tactical transport modelling commissions, based on emerging interest from potential framework partners. The contract dates are indicative. Additional info: May - August 2018-Future Opportunity Notice 122e07a8-51c4-4da8-b19a-dc35d1f8a318 and Open Day held on the 5/06/2018, intended to generate greater interest, to relay high level requirements and gather feedback.