Real time operating system software development services

Tender description

Transport for West Midlands [TfWM], part of the West Midlands Combined Authority [WMCA], wishes to contract for a real time information service for its transport operations in the West Midlands. As well as TfWM, the contract will be utilised by other public bodies and transport operators. It is envisaged that the initial contract length will be 5 years in duration, with an option to extend for up to a further 4 years in increments of 1 to 2 years year each. This is subject to change however and will be confirmed at the time of tender publication. To express an interest in this PIN and receive further information regarding our supplier engagement event, please see section VI.3 (additional Information) An extensible mode-agnostic prediction engine including the ability to assign public transport vehicles to routes and calculate real time arrivals and departures; generate real time prediction generation, including cross-journey; predict vehicle position. A modern flexible, configurable data analytics and visualisation system, providing functions including: the ability to configure and store parameters for regular reports and provide an on-demand reporting interface; the ability to view previous journeys or aggregations of journeys during the previous ten years; a comprehensive performance monitoring and alerting dashboard. A modern flexible, configurable system providing a central monitoring and alerting application for WMCA's estate of public realm signage.