Transport systems consultancy services

Tender description

The Authority wishes to invite tenders for the provision of a Planning Platform for Public Transport Network Services in Ireland that will afford users the ability to quickly map out existing and planned transport routes (including associated timetables/schedules) and services while simultaneously providing an understanding of their estimated costs and usage (trips) having considered all relevant factors and information including demographics of a proposed change. Furthermore, the Planning Platform must have a sharing capability and easy access to modification through hyperlinks thus enabling a wider range of staff to contribute to proposals with additional insight and data inputs. The Authority wishes to invite tenders for the provision of a planning platform for Public transport network services in Ireland that will afford users the ability to quickly map out existing and planned transport routes (including associated timetables/schedules) and services while simultaneously providing an understanding of their estimated costs and usage (trips) having considered all relevant factors and information including demographics of a proposed change. Furthermore, the planning platform must have a sharing capability and easy access to modification through hyperlinks thus enabling a wider range of staff to contribute to proposals with additional insight and data inputs. The planning platform will have the capability to: — Import existing route and schedule data via General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS); — Import boundary information such as Central Statistics Office (CSO) small area/DED/settlement from ESRI shapefile formats; — Import NaPTAN stops via ESRI shapefile, csv or xml format; — Allow for quick routing and scheduling scenario modelling in a drag-and-drop interface and familiar map environment; — Provide instant demographic and accessibility analysis through geospatial map overlays; and. — Compute and export instant and accurate machine readable cost, usage (trips) and resource utilisation estimates.