Tenders Are Invited For Professional Services Traffic Counting

Request for Tenders (RFT) for Professional Services Traffic Counting Open Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2024 11:30 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) Close Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) Tender Type: Request for Tenders (RFT) Tender Coverage: All of Government Regions: New Zealand Required Pre-qualifications: None Overview: The Principal Tasman District Council is inviting tenders for Contract 1383 Professional Services Traffic Counting. The scope of the work is fully described in the attached tender document, and key items of work are: 1. to provide the relevant technical expertise and services necessary to deliver the Councils traffic counting programme. 2. to complete an annual traffic counting programme and enter this data into RAMM. 3. to optimise the number of traffic counts via a combination of: a. Implementing the RAMM Traffic Count Estimation module b. Optimising traditional week long classified counts so that they collect valuable speed data and classified vehicle counts c. Undertake a review of the count programme by the Consultant and the Client considering all of the data sources available to Council. This may allow the number of annual and 6-monthly counts to be reduced, while still maintaining robust traffic count estimation across the network. The 6-monthly counts were initially intended to give an indication of seasonal variation. With better use of the traffic data from the continuous count sites, some seasonal variation counts may be able to be reduced. 4. To provide a database additional to RAMM to store and present data for: a. Traffic speed b. Cycle counts c. Intersection turning counts, and d. Councils two continuous count sites e. Such a database will be developed by the Consultant and Client together. The database shall be in a readily accessible format and regularly updated by the Consultant. A simple database setup in Excel can meet the requirements. Tender Link : https://www.gets.govt.nz/TASDC/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=28869606