--- title: "Department for Transport National Transport Model v. 5 2024 Rebase" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT" published: "2024-03-22" --- # Department for Transport National Transport Model v. 5 2024 Rebase Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-044bfb.json) ## Summary The Department for Transport is planning a tender for the National Transport Model version 5 (NTMv5) rebase. This contract falls under the 'Research services' industry category. The deadline for responses to the EoI is 11:00, 15 April 2024. The procurement method is a tender, and the contracting authority is the Department for Transport based in London, UK. This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies specializing in research services, particularly those with experience in transport modelling. Interested businesses should register on the Department for Transport’s e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer, and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event ("pqq_431"). The deadline for responses is 11:00, 15 April 2024. The contract aims to update the highway assignment component of NTMv5 to reflect post-covid19 data and to allow in-house updates in the future. ## Notice The National Transport Model version 5 (NTMv5) is a large transport model, developed using classic transport modelling principles but with a number of adaptations to enable it to be sufficiently informative with shorter run times. Some parts of the model use a "masking" system with a representative subset of zone-to-zone movements, to reduce computation times. The Department for Transport is considering a 'rebase' of the system. There are three important elements to this work. First, and most important, the requirement is to update the highway assignment component of NTMv5 to reflect the situation post-covid19. This is needed for strategic forecasting purposes. In practice, this means using data from 2022 and 2023, a shorter period than the original data used to estimate NTMv5. The challenge with this work will be to exercise judgement about where compromises are needed to meet the tight timescales for this project, whilst still providing sufficient quality for strategic forecasting. This work may also provide some opportunity (albeit within limited timescales) for an innovative approach to meet this challenge. Secondly, we intend to switch from using National Highways traffic counts to the Department's data (potentially including traffic by region and road type as well as counts) for this update. This is because for strategic forecasting purposes, the Department requires the modelled traffic to match its own understanding of traffic in the model base year. Finally, the Department would like to have the capability to carry out similar updates in-house in future. Therefore, we would anticipate allowing some time after the model updates are complete for documentation, handover, and potentially training to the Department in the methods used for this update. This Prior Information Notice aims to gather information from potential bidders about their capability and capacity to provide these services - via an expression of interest. To respond, please first register an account on the Department for Transport's e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer (https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/). Once you have registered an account, please access and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event for this EoI (pqq_431, available at: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93). Communications about this procurement should be routed by the message function under the PQQ event. The deadline for responses to the EoI is 11:00, 15 April 2024. Further competition will not be restricted to respondents to this EoI. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The National Transport Model version 5 (NTMv5) is a large transport model, developed using classic transport modelling principles but with a number of adaptations to enable it to be sufficiently informative with shorter run times. Some parts of the model use a "masking" system with a representative subset of zone-to-zone movements, to reduce computation times. The Department for Transport is considering a 'rebase' of the system. There are three important elements to this work. First, and most important, the requirement is to update the highway assignment component of NTMv5 to reflect the situation post-covid19. This is needed for strategic forecasting purposes. In practice, this means using data from 2022 and 2023, a shorter period than the original data used to estimate NTMv5. The challenge with this work will be to exercise judgement about where compromises are needed to meet the tight timescales for this project, whilst still providing sufficient quality for strategic forecasting. This work may also provide some opportunity (albeit within limited timescales) for an innovative approach to meet this challenge. Secondly, we intend to switch from using National Highways traffic counts to the Department's data (potentially including traffic by region and road type as well as counts) for this update. This is because for strategic forecasting purposes, the Department requires the modelled traffic to match its own understanding of traffic in the model base year. Finally, the Department would like to have the capability to carry out similar updates in-house in future. Therefore, we would anticipate allowing some time after the model updates are complete for documentation, handover, and potentially training to the Department in the methods used for this update. This Prior Information Notice aims to gather information from potential bidders about their capability and capacity to provide these services - via an expression of interest. To respond, please register first register an account on the Department for Transport's e-sourcing platform, Jaggaer (https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/). Once you have registered an account, please access and respond to the Jaggaer PQQ event for this EoI (pqq_431, available at: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93). Communications about this procurement should be routed by the message function under the PQQ event. The deadline for responses to the EoI is 17:00, 17 April 2024. Further competition will not be restricted to respondents to this EoI. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009464-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Mar 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 May 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | N/A | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 72300000 - Data services - 73110000 - Research services - 79315000 - Social research services ## Release History - 22 Mar 2024 at 15:56 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009464-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/ - https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10612947018E65985C93 - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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