Tender Results of West Midlands Combined Authority

Azure Cloud Licenses-Midlands Connect (MC) requires Azure Cloud units to support the delivery of their programme. Azure is a cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft that offer access, management, and the development of applications and services through global data centres.

WISERR Work Package 2-The purpose of this work package is to produce necessary evidence using the East Midlands Gateway transport model to inform the development of the Strategic Transport Investment Plan (STIP) and the Programme Business Case (PBC).

MC in a changing and developing landscape-1. Set out the position of Midlands Connect as a pan regional body and our role in enabling the region to deliver its strategic transport objective and therefore supporting wider regional priorities. 2. To ensure we demonstrate the importance of pan regional working and can articulate this role in ongoing discussions on devolution.

cEMV Contactless Payment Broker Project Phase 2 - Consultancy Support-An initial commission (Phase 1) has been successfully delivered via Waterman Aspen Ltd , which assisted the SWIFT team with developing a technical strategy for contactless payment broker services. Building on this, Phase 2 will develop and implement the refresh programme by addressing the several work packages outlined below over the contract term: Work Package 1 - Self-service Portal Work Package 2 - Card Management System Work Package 3 - Mobile app provision Work Package 4 - Bu...

Paying for public transport-Desk-Base reserch piece which sets out the qualitative and quantitative evidence which is available using UK and international case studies.

Sales Consultancy Support-There is a requirement to procure consultancy service/support under the role which will be referred to as 'Swift Sales Lead' (although this is not an established post). Due to the specialist and 'pilot nature' of this project the SWIFT Team are not able to deliver the services in house. This role will provide technical input.

Reform Options Business Case Audit-WMCA (the "Authority") is currently preparing an assessment of a proposed bus franchising scheme in accordance with section 123B of the Transport Act 2000 as amended by the Bus Services Act 2017 (the "Act"), and is producing a franchising assessment ('the Assessment"). As part of meeting the requirements under the Act, the Authority requires a suitably qualified organisation to undertake an audit of the Assessment (the "Auditor"), to provide an independen...

AI Near Miss Sensors for Vulnerable Road Users-In September 2023, West Midlands Combined Authority approved the launch of the Refreshed Regional Road Safety Strategy 2023-2030, This document integrates Vision Zero into the future thinking of road safety - a long-term mission that recognises that deaths and serious injuries on the road are not an acceptable price to pay for mobility. This project will support the development, monitoring and evaluation of risk exposure at a minimum 40 locations where vulnerable road users (VRUs) are prevale...

Centre of Excellence- Active Travel-The project is to further the initial development of the Centre of Excellence in Active Travel (CoEAT) following some work undertaken during 23/24. This project is to create a sustainable framework that will continue to support the policy aims and Transport for West Midland's ambition of creating a Transport Skills Academy (TSA) for the West Midlands region. Centres of Excellence are proposed key clusters which support the key themes of development driven by the transport sector and reg...

Walsall to Stourbridge Corridor Options Assessment Report-In line with the strategic direction of the Local Transport Plan, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is working on developing mass rapid transit solutions as part of an integrated public transport network in the West Midlands. The term Mass Rapid Transit is used as a mode agnostic term covering large capacity, fixed route, timetabled public transport solutions encompassing rail, light rail, bus rapid transit etc. This is done to try and prevent a focus on a specific solution or output when d...