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Driver Innovation Safety Challenge

The City of Edinburgh Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

05 May 2020 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

27 Aug 2019 at 01:00

OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
Tender

12 Aug 2019 at 01:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Planning

14 Mar 2019 at 00:00

OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Driver Innovation Safety Challenge (DISC) is a public procurement initiative led by The City of Edinburgh Council, aiming to develop solutions to monitor driver alertness and prevent accidents involving public transport vehicles in Edinburgh and the Lothians. This tender employs a selective procurement method and is currently in the planning stage, having had key dates related to project phases announced, including an expected tender period closing on 12 September 2019. The initiative classifies under the goods category and represents an estimated framework value of £3-3.5 million, potentially allowing funding of up to £20,000 per partner for R&D activities over an 18-month period.

This tender presents significant opportunities for firms involved in technology and innovation, particularly those specialising in safety monitoring systems and driver health analytics. Companies that can design integrated solutions capable of real-time alert systems, addressing both fatigue and alertness detection, would be particularly well-suited for this project. The successful supplier(s) may establish a three-year framework agreement, providing a route for ongoing collaboration with the council and partnership opportunities with other transport authorities in the UK, thus creating avenues for substantial business growth in the public transport sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Driver Innovation Safety Challenge

Notice Description

The Driver Innovation Safety Challenge (DISC) aims to support the development and delivery of a solution to identify and alert when a driver or operator is at risk of losing focus or consciousness when in charge of a vehicle or machinery. If a risk is detected, the solution is expected to alert the control room through a Green/Amber/Red alert system.The DISC project is an Innovation Partnership procurement offering up to 20k GBP of funding per partner, to up to 5 partners for R&D and testing over a project life of up to 18 months which, if successful, may award a framework agreement for up to a 3 year period to a single partner.

Lot Information

Lot 1

A. Challenge objectives To increase safety measures implemented across public sector vehicles (bus, bin lorries, tram, etc.), the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) and Edinburgh Trams (ET) aim to implement measures to reduce and mitigate the likelihood of fatigue and health related incidents such as the Bin Lorry accident and Sandilands Junction tram crash. The solution should be suitable for multiple forms of public transport. Emergency braking systems are installed in all UK trams. If a driver loses consciousness, the tram will automatically stop. Through DISC, the Authorities intend to be not only reactive, but pre-emptive: DISC aims to support the development of a solution able to capture early-signs of loss of focus, consciousness/alertness/paralysis, or similar, to mitigate incidents before they occur. Bidders to DISC are expected to develop a consolidated solution, which can monitor and analyse driver biometrics so that the early signs of loss of consciousness, in an operator in charge of a vehicle or machinery can be picked up immediately and interventions made by the control centre. For fatigue, we include both (i) micro sleep detection, (ii) focus level evaluation and (iii) prediction of (i) and (ii) based on previously captured data; with the solution able to provide a real-time alert to both operator and control room. For common health conditions that may lead to unconsciousness, the Project is not prescriptive regarding the range of acute or chronic disturbance/incidence monitored which may lead to a reduction in the ability of an operator to manage a vehicle or machine safely. The solution must be able to provide a real-time alert to both driver and control room. The DISC solution is not required to be a medical grade device and is not expected to lead to a diagnosis, but instead alert the control room if the driver has a reduced capability to operate the vehicle safely. Bidders are expected to develop a Green/Amber/Red alert scoring methodology reflecting the risk. If a sufficiently "high risk" profile or incident is detected, it is anticipated that an appropriate message/alarm will be displayed both to the driver and to the control room, making the control team aware in real time of risks to passengers (citizens) from changes in the drivers' ability to operate the vehicle safely, and allowing for a timely intervention to be taken. The Authorities' service management must be able to extract in a report the fatigue and health data collected by the device, underlying the alert system, to share as appropriate with medical staff. B. R&D Funding A preliminary market analysis in 2018 indicated that no solution is available in the market integrating both health and fatigue data-analytics facets into a consolidated system. ET and the CEC acknowledge that bidders will need to carry out R&D to meet this core requirement. To support the bidders, companies selected to be part of the Innovation Partnership may receive up to a maximum of 20,000 GBP per bidder in CAN DO Innovation Challenge Funding. C. Single supplier Framework Agreement The successful Innovation Partner will be awarded a single supplier framework agreement for a duration of 3 years. The estimated framework value is estimated at up to 3-3.5 million GBP.. Bidders may have up to 18 months to develop a fully operational, and integrated, solution; and demonstrate its performance through testing. The ESPD/Tender process is estimated to run up to 31 March 2020 with the Innovation Partnership up to December 2020. The framework agreement will be for a period of 36 months.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000577339
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY386323
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Innovation partnership
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

33157400 - Medical breathing devices

33199000 - Medical clothing

34990000 - Control, safety, signalling and light equipment

35113000 - Safety equipment

35113400 - Protective and safety clothing

44611200 - Breathing apparatus

71311210 - Highways consultancy services

71317210 - Health and safety consultancy services

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 May 20206 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 Sep 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
30 Apr 2019Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Unsuccessful
Lots Status
Unsuccessful
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The City of Edinburgh Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH8 8BG
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Further Information

Notice Documents

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