Published date: 22 February 2023

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


Closing: 20 February 2023, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£354,000

Procurement reference

tender_353408/1182352

Published date

22 February 2023

Closing date

20 February 2023

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

21 February 2023

Contract end date

31 December 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

National Highways is looking to set up a contract for provision of services to support us delivering Phase 3 of the Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) Project; including a commercial and standards review, specification for designing for construction machines and the development of a virtual testbed.
The aim of this task is to bring supply chain together to collaboratively work with National Highways, industry, academia, i3P (Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership), SME's, dedicated working groups, BSI/CEN, trade organisations, specialist information/ technology networks and groups, contractors and consultants to align plant/equipment technology readiness levels with the CAP road map using the newly developed CAP Levels which were delivered by Phase 2.
Detailed reports will be produced which will include, but not be limited to; available technology, underlying reason why technology is not being used, methods for encouraging adoption. The reports will also include looking at best practice outside the UK and if these can be adopted locally.
The findings will stimulate discussion, help us and industry understand techniques and plant available with a proposal to accelerate adoption. This will ultimately provide a safer and more efficient environment for construction and maintenance schemes.
On completion of this phase, future work will likely focus on physical trials and scaling to drive uptake of available CAP technology and accelerate development of future solutions, while capturing evidence and quantification of benefits in real world usage.

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Award information

Awarded date

21 February 2023

Contract start date

21 February 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Total value of contract

£354,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Costain

Address

Maidenhead

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

The Cube
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk