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Key facts
- Buyer
- National Highways · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Atkins Jacobs Joint Venture
- Value
- £681,380.33
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Research & development · Development consultancy services (CPV 73220000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2026
- Published22 May 2026Published the same day
Description
In brief, this project seeks to update the SERTM2 model to a new baseline of 2025 and provide a new set of forecasts. The baseline will reflect post-COVID travel conditions which will then be carried through into the forecasts. The refreshed models will then provide a better evidential basis to support their existing use cases, as well as new and emerging use cases, as detailed in Section 110. The models are required to be developed as far as is practicable in accordance with the guidance contained in TAG. The models should be calibrated and validated in line with the criteria developed for the second RTMs, with the intention to equal or improve on the second generation RTMs' calibration and validation performance. While delivering the service, the Consultant will: - Co-lead on the Matrix Technical Consistency Group, with specific responsibility for developing the prior highway car matrices and the rail passenger matrices for all models, - Input into the other Technical Consistency Gr…
About the supplier
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