Published date: 4 August 2023

Last edited date: 4 August 2023

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


Closing: 3 July 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Economic research services - 79311400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£43,100

Procurement reference

tender_370733/1244070

Published date

4 August 2023

Closing date

3 July 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

7 August 2023

Contract end date

8 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Department for Transport (DfT) wishes to set up a contract to seek a feasible and detailed analytical system design for Freight Analysis and Modelling Environment (FAME), a new cross-modal freight analysis environment, in order to enhance the Department's analytical capability to support investment decisions, policy development, emergency responses and strategic directions.

This study (Stage 1 of the FAME) should deliver the following three key deliverables:

a. a literature review and a systematic understanding of freight and logistics;
b. a feasible framework for the FAME with suitable analytical levers for scenario-based analysis; and,
c. a detailed and feasible technical blueprint of viable analytical solutions supporting the DfT's freight analyses, such as those on end-to-end freight journeys and multimodal forecasting, including the methodologies for a national freight transport model and non-modelling tools, and data requirements.

Following an open tender competition, announced by a previous Contracts Finder notice, the Department for Transport has awarded a contract for the stage 1 study to MDS Transmodal. The total value of the contract is £43,100.00, excl. VAT. The contract shall commence on 07/08/2023 and terminate on 08/12/2023, with the option to extend this period for a further two months with no less than 10 working days notice.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

TRAS3084: Analytical system design for a Freight Analysis and Modelling Environment (FAME)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 May 2023, last edited 31 May 2023

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

25 July 2023

Contract start date

7 August 2023

Contract end date

8 December 2023

Total value of contract

£43,100

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MDS Transmodal Ltd

Address

5-6 Hunters Walk, Canal St, Chester, CH1 4EB

Reference

Companies House number: 3608206

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