Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Transport
London
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Department for Transport National Transport Model v. 5 2024 Rebase
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73110000 - Research services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
A PIN for this opportunity, requesting engagement from interested parties, has already been published at: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009464-2024?origin=SearchResults&p=1
This PIN duplicates the previous PIN, with an amended response deadline of 11:00, 22nd April 2024.
The National Transport Model version 5 (NTMv5) is a large transport model, developed using classic transport modelling principles but with a number of adaptations to enable it to be sufficiently informative with shorter run times. Some parts of the model use a “masking” system with a representative subset of zone-to-zone movements, to reduce computation times. The Department for Transport is considering a `rebase' of the system.
There are three important elements to this work. First, and most important, the requirement is to update the highway assignment component of NTMv5 to reflect the situation post-covid19. This is needed for strategic forecasting purposes. In practice, this means using data from 2022 and 2023, a shorter period than the original data used to estimate NTMv5. The challenge with this work will be to exercise judgement about where compromises are needed to meet the tight timescales for this project, whilst still providing sufficient quality for strategic forecasting. This work may also provide some opportunity (albeit within limited timescales) for an innovative approach to meet this challenge.
Secondly, we intend to switch from using National Highways traffic counts to the Department’s data (potentially including traffic by region and road type as well as counts) for this update. This is because for strategic forecasting purposes, the Department requires the modelled traffic to match its own understanding of traffic in the model base year.
Finally, the Department would like to have the capability to carry out similar updates in-house in future. Therefore, we would anticipate allowing some time after the model updates are complete for documentation, handover, and potentially training to the Department in the methods used for this update.
This Prior Information Notice aims to gather information from potential bidders about their capability and capacity to provide these services - via an expression of interest.
To respond, please first register an account on the Department for Transport’s e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer (https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/).
Once you have registered an account, please access and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event for this EoI (pqq_431, available at: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93).
Communications about this procurement should be routed by the message function under the PQQ event.
The deadline for responses to the EoI is 11:00, 22 April 2024. Further competition will not be restricted to respondents to this EoI.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72300000 - Data services
- 79315000 - Social research services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The National Transport Model version 5 (NTMv5) is a large transport model, developed using classic transport modelling principles but with a number of adaptations to enable it to be sufficiently informative with shorter run times. Some parts of the model use a “masking” system with a representative subset of zone-to-zone movements, to reduce computation times. The Department for Transport is considering a `rebase' of the system.
There are three important elements to this work. First, and most important, the requirement is to update the highway assignment component of NTMv5 to reflect the situation post-covid19. This is needed for strategic forecasting purposes. In practice, this means using data from 2022 and 2023, a shorter period than the original data used to estimate NTMv5. The challenge with this work will be to exercise judgement about where compromises are needed to meet the tight timescales for this project, whilst still providing sufficient quality for strategic forecasting. This work may also provide some opportunity (albeit within limited timescales) for an innovative approach to meet this challenge.
Secondly, we intend to switch from using National Highways traffic counts to the Department’s data (potentially including traffic by region and road type as well as counts) for this update. This is because for strategic forecasting purposes, the Department requires the modelled traffic to match its own understanding of traffic in the model base year.
Finally, the Department would like to have the capability to carry out similar updates in-house in future. Therefore, we would anticipate allowing some time after the model updates are complete for documentation, handover, and potentially training to the Department in the methods used for this update.
This Prior Information Notice aims to gather information from potential bidders about their capability and capacity to provide these services - via an expression of interest.
To respond, please register first register an account on the Department for Transport’s e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer (https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/).
Once you have registered an account, please access and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event for this EoI (pqq_431, available at: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93).
Communications about this procurement should be routed by the message function under the PQQ event.
The deadline for responses to the EoI is 17:00, 22 April 2024. Further competition will not be restricted to respondents to this EoI.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
3 May 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
A PIN for this opportunity, requesting engagement from interested parties, has already been published at: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009464-2024?origin=SearchResults&p=1
This PIN duplicates the previous PIN, with an amended response deadline of 11:00, 22nd April 2024.
To respond to this EoI, please first register an account on the Department for Transport’s e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer (https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/).
Once you have registered an account, please access and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event for this EoI (pqq_431, available at: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93).
Communications about this procurement should be routed by the message function under the PQQ event.
The deadline for responses to the EoI is 11:00, 22 April 2024. Further competition will not be restricted to respondents to this EoI.