Traffic monitoring services

Tender description

The authority intends to enter into a contract (the Contract) with the successful tenderer for the provision of traffic surveys and vehicle occupancy surveys on the M50 Cordon. In addition, the authority intends to establish a framework of service providers for the provision of traffic and transport survey resources by entering into a framework agreement. The framework agreement will relate to projects funded and/or managed by the authority, and projects funded and/or managed by any of the clients, together with any ancillary services which may be inferred therefrom or be necessary to carry out the services listed in the tender documents. The authority intends to enter into a contract (the Contract) with the successful tenderer for the provision of traffic surveys and vehicle occupancy surveys on the M50 Cordon. The authority has commissioned the generation of the M50 Cordon to identify the number of people travelling into the city from the M50 on a daily basis, and to supplement transport data that is already collected at other significant points in Dublin. This data will assist in gaining a wider insight into travel patterns in Dublin. The information generated at the proposed survey locations will also be used to support the on-going development of the Eastern Regional Model (ERM), in which the main city is Dublin. The services to be provided comprise the undertaking of traffic surveys at specified locations on the M50 Cordon. In addition, the authority intends to establish a framework of service providers for the provision of traffic and transport survey resources by entering into a framework agreement. The framework agreement will relate to projects funded and/or managed by the authority, and projects funded and/or managed by any of the clients, together with any ancillary services which may be inferred therefrom or be necessary to carry out the services listed below. The services that may be required pursuant to the framework agreement include the provision of traffic and transport data collection resources, including (but not limited to) the following: — traffic surveyors (quantitative and qualitative), — transport surveyors (quantitative and qualitative), — traffic/transport data analyst. More information is outlined in the tender documents.