Tenders

Expressions of Interest to Contribute to Project SAG6371 Keeping People Safe When Walking – Stream 2: Better Guidance

Purpose:

The purpose of this request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) is to identify appropriately qualified and motivated practitioners and experts to contribute to the Austroads project SAG6371 Keeping People Safe When Walking  – Stream 2: Better Guidance.

The Keeping People Safe When Walking project’s purpose is to support meaningful action to reduce the risk of death and serious injury for people walking, in the Australian and New Zealand road transport systems, in line with national and jurisdictional 2030 and 2050 road safety targets.

Stream 1 Data Evidence and Interventions has been underway since March 2023 and has culminated in the following (forthcoming) research publications:

1. Pedestrian Safety Problem and Project Methodology
2. A Review of Literature on Pedestrian Safety Problem, Data Issues, and Key Interventions
3. Pedestrian Data Improvement Recommendations
4. Recommended Pedestrian Safety Interventions

Stream 2 Better Guidance builds on the work of Steam 1 to focus on areas of greatest value to Austroads' members in delivering pedestrian safety outcomes. It will strengthen guidance and include an assessment of current practice by the Austroads members, a gap analysis against best practice, and showcase examples of best practice from Australia and New Zealand.

Stream 2 Better Guidance will be progressed through the following proposed work packages (WP):

• WP1. Define the minimum pedestrian data requirements to progress pedestrian safety.
• WP2. Develop guidance, methodologies and tools to support Austroads members develop a Pedestrian Safety Strategy and Action Plan.
• WP3. Strengthen the case for key pedestrian safety interventions.
• WP4. Undertake a best-practice gap analysis of transport legislation, policy and strategy, and planning and investment across all levels of government.
• WP5. Strengthen key national practitioner guidance, methodologies and tools.
• WP6. Establish a knowledge hub of best-practice Safe People pedestrian safety initiatives.
• WP7. Understand inequity in pedestrian safety outcomes.
• WP8. Develop an Austroads Pedestrian Safety Research Strategy.

Suppliers are invited to submit an EOI for one or more of these work packages. The areas of expertise we are looking for will be specific to each work package.

What is the period of the engagement?

Stream 2 is envisaged to take 6-12 months after commencement (June 2024 - June 2025), with some work packages likely to be short and other longer in duration.

Austroads will host an MS Teams video conference at 12 pm on Tuesday 7 May 2024, for interested parties to ask questions about the brief. Please refer to the Notice on the tender advertisement for details on how to attend.

Closing date: Tuesday 28 May 2024 – 10 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

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Expression of Interest to Submit for Pre-qualified Road Design Guidance Expert Panel

Purpose:

The purpose of this request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) is to identify appropriately qualified and motivated practitioners to contribute to ongoing development and maintenance of the Austroads Guide to Road Design (AGRD) through membership of a new Road Design Guidance Expert Panel (Panel).

Scope and methodology:

Austroads seeks expressions of interest to join the Road Design Guidance Expert Panel from suitably motivated and qualified road design professionals with specialisation and experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise:

• Geometric design – intersections
• Geometric design – roundabouts
• Geometric design – interchange
• Hydrology and drainage
• Roadsides
• Road safety barriers
• Temporary works
• Road design in streets contexts, including the integration of and interface with Place functions
• Road design for high function, high capacity and/or high speed
• Road design for lower volume roads and remote areas
• Design objectives and outcomes
• Design for active transport (walking and cycling)
• Interface between transport planning and road design
• Interface between transport operations and road design
• Incorporation of the Safe System into road design
• Development and writing of design guidance.

Austroads intends to form the Panel with coverage across the areas identified above. Some experts may have nominated coverage of more than one area and some areas may have more than one nominated expert (see Panel Format below). If successful, experts will be advised of which specialised areas they have been accepted to advise upon.

Objectives:

The Panel seeks to provide:

• Austroads with access to the necessary expertise to develop and maintain best practice road design guidance, and
• Individuals and their employers a mechanism by which they can actively contribute to development of road design guidance without substantial opportunity cost to alternative commercial opportunities.

Austroads has recently conducted a strategic review of road design guidance, which has identified a number of opportunities to strengthen the way the AGRD is developed and maintained. We suggest that interested road design professionals attend a webinar on 23 April that will describe this review and outline some of the opportunities Austroads will be pursuing in coming years.

Austroads will host an MS Teams video conference at 12 noon, Monday 29 April 2024, for interested parties to ask questions about the brief. Please refer to the Notice on the tender advertisement for details on how to attend.

Closing date: Friday 3 May 2024 – 4PM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

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