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title: "Spruce Database Upgrade & Support"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL"
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# Spruce Database Upgrade & Support

Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c7750e78-fafd-48b5-a5ab-fb92dbab4211

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council has completed a procurement process for the upgrade and support of the SPRUCE Strategic traffic management software, with the tender titled "Spruce Database Upgrade & Support". This procurement falls within the information technology industry category and was conducted under an open procedure methodology. The tender period ended on 27 January 2019, and the awarded contract, amounting to £40,000, commenced on 28 February 2019 and is set to conclude on 31 January 2021. This project primarily targets suppliers based in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in software development and traffic management solutions. Companies with experience in traffic control technologies, particularly those able to provide support and upgrades for existing software platforms, may find this contract appealing. With the emphasis on adaptive traffic control strategies, both large contractors and agile software firms are encouraged to consider bidding for related offerings as the project continues to evolve.

## Notice

Sheffield City Council invites quotations to upgrade and support the SPRUCE Strategic traffic management software. The Council also invites quotations to provide a SPRUCE development engineer, which can be tendered for just as a separate item. This is a corner stone piece of technology to provide bus priority and other adaptive traffic control strategies across the city. Under the Department for Transport's UTMC research project UTMC01, "Selected Vehicle Priority" (SPRUCE), a prototype software tool was developed to allow engineers to devise and operate priority signal control strategies for selected vehicles. Operating on a PC, the tool triggers temporary changes to fixed time Urban Traffic Control (UTC) plans in response to external demands from detectors. The resulting data are transferred to a host UTC system for implementation via the host's communication network. Simulation tests and field trials have demonstrated the success of this approach within the Sheffield tram network. In 2003 Leeds City Council, who were the lead authority in the UTMC01 project, went through a full procurement process in accordance with European Union protocols to develop a re-engineered version of the prototype SPRUCE software, with considerably more capacity, speed and increased flexibility. TSEU Ltd won the contract to develop and market SPRUCE/STM. Leeds City Council has invested over PS250,000 on this project. Sheffield City Council has been a partner in this project since the outset and has been involved at all stages in the technical development of SPRUCE. In 2006 Sheffield City Council purchased from TSEU Ltd two Linux based servers both installed with the SPRUCE / STM software. Since that date the ITS Development team at the council have used SPRUCE to develop strategies to provide central bus priority and adaptive traffic control to over 250 sets of traffic signals across the city.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6e9e902-cd31-45a1-be81-ab42e01bd54e |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Apr 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Jan 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Feb 2019 |
| Contract period | 28 Feb 2019 - 31 Jan 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £40,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £40,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 4PL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | BR HALLWORTH; UNDERDOG SOFTWARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

### Codes

- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

## Release History

- 2 Apr 2019 at 11:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6e9e902-cd31-45a1-be81-ab42e01bd54e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6e9e902-cd31-45a1-be81-ab42e01bd54e
  2nd April 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=f72c676e-0b23-e911-80f2-005056b64545
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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