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SOL - Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV)

Motor vehicles
Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons
Parts and accessories for vehicles and their engines
+3 more
West Midlands (UKG32)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL: "SOL - Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULLScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
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Published9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
Last source update9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMotor vehicles, Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons, Parts and accessories for vehicles and their engines, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services, Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG32)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0299e2
What is being bought
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) is delivering the Low Carbon Future Mobility (LCFM) project within the UK Central Infrastructure Programme. The project is assessing a breadth of new solutions to delivering low / zero carbon active and mass transport solutions. Working closely with Borough and regional stakeholders there is an identified desire to learn how Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technology may in the future be incorporated into both the Council's and private company's operations, as a way of providing an increased number of mass transport options to the public, addressing the over-reliance on privately-owned single-occupancy motor vehicles. Current trends indicate that if car sales continue along existing trajectories then moving in and around the Borough will become increasingly problematic at key pinch-points, so pathfinding interventions must be accelerated. To support this ambition SMBC is seeking to procure one proven mass-people-moving connected autonomous vehicle (CAV), and associated supplier support, for use across the Borough and potentially wider West Midlands region over a period of a minimum of two years from April 2021. The vehicle will be loaned out to key regional stakeholders to deliver defined use case applications with the ambition of increasing regional understanding and awareness of the technology, helping the authority apply learning to future highways, residential, commercial and transport interchange infrastructure development. The project is not a technology development / feasibility study, rather a use case application demonstrator.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    SMBC wish to purchase one Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) capable of being driven both manually, i.e. by traditional steering wheel and foot pedals, and autonomously. The vehicle must be suitable for operation on the public highway, so as to maximise potential future application. The vehicle must be able to carry ten or more persons, including the safety driver, simultaneously so as to fit the core project outcome of contributing to the demonstration of autonomy in mass people and / or goods movement. Alongside the purchase of the vehicle, appropriate levels of on-going project delivery support must be provided so as to maximise delivery of the intended use. Both the vehicle and the supplier must possess and be able to demonstrate a proven track record in the movement of people by fully autonomous means, as the intended use is for multiple use case application across varying locations, not technology development. The project delivery period is for a minimum of two years from contract start in April 2021. The vehicle will be loaned out to key regional stakeholders to deliver defined use case applications with the ambition of increasing regional understanding and awareness of the technology, helping the authority apply learning to future highways, residential, commercial and transport interchange infrastructure development.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 Mar 2021, 15:31 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £250,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Richmond Design & Marketing Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£250,000 · signed 9 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL

Contracting authority GB-FTS-4499
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  • METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL
    buyer

    SOLIHULL, UKG32
    procteam@solihull.gov.uk
    +44 1217047800

  • Richmond Design & Marketing Ltd
    supplier

    Coventry, UKG33

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079476000
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationalePrior to conducting the negotiated procedure, considerable efforts were made to identify alternative suppliers who could meet SMBC's requirements. This included engaging CAV-specialist consultants in development of the FBC. To date, no alternative suppliers have been identified. Due to the market for purpose-built, autonomous vehicles still being under-developed only one supplier has been identified that is able to meet the requirements of the project.