Published date: 18 June 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Development consultancy services - 73220000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£102,365.11
Procurement reference
tender_418530/1366927
Published date
18 June 2024
Closing date
12 April 2024
Closing time
7pm
Contract start date
12 June 2024
Contract end date
30 November 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
A written report that will provide National Highways with the following outputs:
1. Identify what the roles and responsibilities National Highways will have to adhere to once the Automated Vehicles Bill becomes law, taking account of any other AV (SAE levels 3-5) related legislation or regulatory requirements. For example, defining what is meant by AVs (SAE levels 3-5) having to take the road 'as is'.
2. Provide an initial list of foreseeable motorway hazards to which a self-driving vehicle might legitimately have to respond, considering also available incident data and supporting information (vehicle types, vehicle miles travelled, severity of incident etc.), and the risks that they could present to National Highways as the responsible road authority, including risks associated with the interactions between AV's and motorcycles.
3. Investigate the typical characteristics of 'good' and 'bad' human driving (including HGV's) and how these might necessarily differ for a self-driving vehicle, and what impact this would have on National Highways responsibilities. Consultation with the DVSA will be required on this output.
4. Examine how the vehicle operational design domain (ODD) for ALKS and other vehicle safety features (current and planned) maps to National Highways' motorway network. How the ODD might expand over time, and the impact that would have on the risks linked to managing AV's on the motorway. For example, how should an AV behave when it cannot continue on a motorway.
5. Propose a process that National Highways should adopt to take our roles and responsibilities forward, clearly identifying the who, what, and how this would be run internally. For example, protocol for dealing with a stopped AV.
6. Consult with appropriate stakeholders to establish what their roles will be in supporting National Highways implement their legal responsibilities to managing AV's on the motorway network. To include CCAV, DVSA, VCA, recovery operators, police, and OEM's.
Award information
Awarded date
18 June 2024
Contract start date
12 June 2024
Contract end date
30 November 2024
Total value of contract
£102,365.11
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd - SPaTS
Address
Newcastle
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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