--- title: "Enabling Smart Cities in Brazil - Open Call" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "FUTURE CITIES CATAPULT" published: "2016-11-29" --- # Enabling Smart Cities in Brazil - Open Call Buyer: FUTURE CITIES CATAPULT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fceb6b62-f279-4299-8da7-16b864e77b12.json) ## Summary Future Cities Catapult is initiating an open call to invite UK businesses to partake in the "Enabling Smart Cities in Brazil" project aimed at addressing urban mobility issues in Belo Horizonte. The tender, identified as COL-2016-127 (R), is currently in the tender stage with a deadline for submissions set for 7th December 2016. The project will seek innovative solutions to enhance the user journey experience of bus services in this Brazilian city, which is serviced by BHTrans and is home to a significant commuter population, transporting approximately 500,000 passengers daily. The contract period is scheduled to commence on 14th December 2016 and will run until 31st December 2016. This procurement presents an exciting opportunity for businesses specialising in civil engineering consultancy, application service provision, and research and development services. Companies with innovative methods, products, and services designed to improve urban transport systems will find this tender particularly advantageous. By entering this market, UK businesses could significantly enhance their profile in Brazil, addressing urban challenges while potentially expanding their operational reach and customer base in international settings. ## Notice Future Cities Catapult invites UK businesses with products and services that can provide or enable solutions to urban mobility issues to the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. Transporting half a million passengers each day, the most popular way to travel around Belo Horizonte is the bus system. This is a feeder and trunk Bus Rapid Transit system managed and operated by the transport authority of Belo Horizonte (BHTrans). Serving mainly Belo Horizonte neighbourhoods, the feeder bus system is operated by local bus companies. As part of the Enabling Smart Cities in Brazil project, the Catapult has worked with both citizens who are using the system and local stakeholders, to identify and investigate the 'bottlenecks' they encounter when travelling by bus. The Catapult would like to share this knowledge with innovative and forward thinking businesses to enable business to consider how their solutions could address these and make a difference to the overall journey experience for Belo Horizonte citizens. Future Cities Catapult is working in close collaboration with our partner, WRI, a global research institute located in Brazil on the "Enabling Smart Cities In Brazil" project. The project is aiming to understand issues around urban mobility and make recommendations to improve the lives of people living locally in the cities in which the Catapult are working. In order to do this we are working together with the local governmental body responsible for public transportation in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, BHTrans. The vision of this project is to find and showcase solutions from UK businesses that can help enhance and improve the end-to-end user journey experience of Belo Horizonte bus services. Through this project we would like to enhance the profile, visibility and outreach of UK business both in UK and in Brazil. The Catapult will consider a diverse range of solutions that may address the challenges stated below faced within Belo Horizonte, ranging from physical assets to innovative strategies. The Catapult has identified some key challenge areas via its qualitative and quantitative research with BHtrans officials and people who use public transport. These challenges spanned across all phases of people's reaching and engaging with the public transportation system. The Catapult is excited to hear about new designs, methods, apps, products or services which might address one or more of these challenge areas in new and innovative ways. The Catapult would also welcome integrated approaches that could provide solutions to the challenges in a seamless way. For more information about the project and the competition please follow this link: http://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/opportunity/enabling-smart-cities-brazil/ Additional information: For more information about the project and the competition please follow this link: http://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/opportunity/enabling-smart-cities-brazil/ All questions regarding the project must be received via brazil@futurecities.catapult.org.uk. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/857b06e3-4047-43bc-9ec1-e0cf51089ee9 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not applicable | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Nov 2016 | | Submission deadline | 7 Dec 2016 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 14 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2016 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FUTURE CITIES CATAPULT | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC1R 0BE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services - 72416000 - Application service providers - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 29 Nov 2016 at 21:53 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/857b06e3-4047-43bc-9ec1-e0cf51089ee9 - 29 Nov 2016 at 21:39 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/857b06e3-4047-43bc-9ec1-e0cf51089ee9 - 29 Nov 2016 at 21:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/857b06e3-4047-43bc-9ec1-e0cf51089ee9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/857b06e3-4047-43bc-9ec1-e0cf51089ee9 29th November 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/opportunity/enabling-smart-cities-brazil/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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