Published date: 4 January 2019

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


Closing: 5 December 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£49,998

Procurement reference

TRSS0010D

Published date

4 January 2019

Closing date

5 December 2018

Contract start date

9 January 2019

Contract end date

3 April 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

An alternative method of forecasting traffic conditions explored in a PHD research project with Southampton University, sponsored by Siemens. Could Congestion be predicted using a machine learning approach that fused data from traffic detectors and selected contextual sources? This research programme developed a machine learning algorithm called Roadcast which has been found to be more accurate that historical average predictors by being able to learn the effects of different contexts (events, roadwork's etc.) on traffic behaviour. The contextual data sources used in the Roadcast research project were collected manually, so an important step towards commercial upscaling is the automation contextual data collection. The feasibility project will propose a method for automatically delivering contextual data for use in improving traffic condition forecasting.

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Award information

Awarded date

6 December 2018

Contract start date

9 January 2019

Contract end date

3 April 2019

Total value of contract

£49,998

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Siemens Mobility Ltd

Address

Faraday House Sir William Siemens Square, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8QD

Reference

None

Value of contract

£49,998

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Great Minster House,76 Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DR
England

Email

DFTprocurement@dft.gov.uk