Published date: 21 March 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200
Highways consultancy services - 71311210
General management consultancy services - 79411000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£82,740
Procurement reference
05273-2023
Published date
21 March 2024
Closing date
9 January 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
8 February 2024
Contract end date
30 June 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Call-off from a framework agreement
A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The objective of the Multi-Modal Product Trial is to introduce smart ticketing nationally across the country to ensure that consumers can make contactless payments on public transport. The benefit of this scheme is to allow passengers to automatically obtain the best fare across multiple modes of transport, irrespective of who the vehicle they were using was run by. There are clear benefits of this scheme, and it will also help to create new revenue for train companies and support future business cases.
Multimodal products rely on the availability, quality, and comprehensiveness of the information and functionality offered to passengers. The multimodal fare product primarily impacts availability, price, and flexibility when passengers choose which transport mode to use for their journey.
The objective of the multi-modal product research as part of this study is to-
1. Transform travel and support smart integrated ticketing and payment services.
2. Modernise and enable convenience for passengers accessing public transport.
3. Allowing journeys across multiple modes of transport and multiple transport operators.
4. To be attractive and widely accessible.
5. Enable a passenger to plan and book a trip using different transport modes as easily and as cost effectively as making a journey using only one transport mode. The goal is to enable 'one-click' search, 'one-click' booking, and 'one-click' payment and ticketing.
6.MC would now like to refresh the 2019 work and conduct research into specific travel corridors where multi-modal product trial is more likely have the greatest effect as per the objectives identified as part of this study. This work is expected to be delivered across four tasks:
Task 1: Review of rail demand patterns in MC area and longlisting
Task 2: Customer, Fares and identifying a trial corridor
Task 3: Stakeholders engagement for the trial corridor
Task 4: Technology options and implementation plan for the trial corridor
The final deliverable will be the production of a report as "Multi-modal fare product trial", which includes an executive summary, key findings of all tasks, recommendations, and next steps.
Award information
Awarded date
8 February 2024
Contract start date
8 February 2024
Contract end date
30 June 2024
Total value of contract
£82,740
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Steer Davies Gleave
Address
28-32 Upper Ground
Greater London
London
SE1 9PD
UNITED KINGDOMReference
Companies House number: 1883830
Value of contract
£82,740
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
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WMCA Midlands Connect Specialist Technical Framework - Lot 4 'Technology and Innovation (planning and advisory services not delivery )
About the buyer
Contact name
Anwar shamim
Address
16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B19 3SD
United Kingdom
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Closing: 9 January 2024, 12pm