Published date: 28 October 2016

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£163,899

Procurement reference

PPRO 04/40/29

Published date

28 October 2016

Closing date

29 September 2016

Contract start date

10 October 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CAVs may offer significant benefits for network performance, but evidence is limited. DfT has recently completed an analysis of potential impacts of CAVs on traffic flow and road capacity. However this did not examine wider issues on how CAVs could affect network traffic - this research seeks to further address two of these areas, safety and alternative use of road space for different vehicles and speeds:
Safety - our previous research indicated significant potential benefits for journey times, delay and reliability. However these benefits did not account for either the effects of incidents on delay and disruption to traffic flow (which might constrain the benefits),or the potential positive effects of CAVs in reducing incidents and the disruption these cause to traffic flow.
Alternative use of road space - we will also want to consider operational scenarios where traffic is managed differently, to consider the potential benefits of (for example) using dedicated lanes for CAVs and at what
stage such an intervention might have beneficial effects.

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Award information

Awarded date

10 October 2016

Contract start date

10 October 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£163,899

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Atkins Ltd

Address

Atkins Shared Service Facility
1 Kings Court
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1TX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
England

Email

DFTProcurement@dft.gsi.gov.uk