The Provision of Electronic Ticketing Machines, and Automatic Vehicle Location System and an associated Back Office Management Solution

Tender description

<p>The scope of the procurement&nbsp;is to establish a mechanism to equip the bus fleet with ETM and AVL facilities, plus a central administrative back office. This consists of the following:&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><u>Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETM)</u>to standardise bus ticket acceptance and sale.&nbsp;</li> <li><u>Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)</u>facilities&nbsp;which enable confirmation of bus location for:&nbsp;</li> <li>Service control by the Franchise Operator/TfGM&nbsp;control room;</li> <li>Franchise Operator administration of their fleets;</li> <li>Customer information systems such as journey planners and &lsquo;next&nbsp;bus&rsquo;&nbsp;displays;</li> <li>Other bus-based&nbsp;systems such as customer announcements and driver monitoring.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>GMCA &amp; TfGM are procuring contracts for the supply and maintenance of certain elements &nbsp;of the required Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) solution (such as ticketing, vehicle location, and driver communications systems) to ensure a standardised approach, which would then be made available to franchise operators by way of separate agreement who would be required to utilise this equipment. This could potentially include a transitional phase from current operator-owned ITS equipment to that procured by GMCA &amp; TfGM.</p> Keywords: IT, Electronic Ticketing Machines, Transport, Tickets, Buses, Automatic Vehicle Location