Description of the procurement
Contract has been awarded for M50 Traffic Flow Optimisation (MTFO) ITS Equipment Deployment. MTFO is a programme of works to deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to optimise the flow of traffic on the M50 and radials through lane control and the variability of speeds in response to conditions. The M50 is approximately 45 km in length and includes approximately 75 No existing gantries, as well as approximately 34 No new gantries proposed to be constructed under separate MTFO works.
Advance Motorway Indicators (AMIs) and supporting Variable Message Signs (VMS) will be deployed on existing and new gantries to display lane control signals and/or variable speed limits. Operation of the AMIs will be informed through the deployment of roadside technologies to monitor the traffic conditions. Data collected on the current traffic speed, traffic volume, weather information and road surface condition will be used to determine appropriate speeds at which drivers should be travelling, given current roadway and traffic conditions.
The MTFO ITS Deployment contract will consist of the supply, installation and maintenance of, but may not be limited, to the following equipment:
• Advance Motorway Indicators (AMIs);
• variable message signs;
• controllers for variable message signs and AMIs;
• Slip Road Signals (AMIs);
• accident incident detection system;
• enforcement system;
• gantry mounted and roadside enclosures for digital enforcement;
• CCTV, PTZ units and termination/interface unit;
• traffic monitoring devices;
• new emerging technologies and equipment.
The scope of the works shall include all associated power and telecommunications requirements for the commissioning and operations of all ITS Deployment contract equipment.