Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking a cloud-hosted, AI-assisted Intelligent Transport Systems decision-support platform. The platform is intended to bring together and analyse real-time multimodal transport data, provide a unified operational view and support the development of a Single View of the Network. It will support 24/7 operational use by TfGM's Operational Control Centre and use by its Highways ITS and Urban Traffic Control teams. • Improve incident detection, verification and prioritisation. • Reduce manual data correlation and data hunting. • Support coordinated operational responses and organisational learning. • Provide a mature, configurable platform capable of integrating multiple operational data feeds and systems. This will be a 3+1+1 term mid tier contract.

Renewal: x2 single year extensions are available should they be required. Options: As per the relevant part of the Procurement Act 2023, TfGM reserves the right to switch this award to a direct award should a suitable supplier not be found via this process. The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The right to directly award a new contract to the chosen Tenderer at the end of the final extension period for this same services. This will be enacted to allow for the continuation of the service providing the existing supplier has provided the required service to the required levels, during this contract period. TfGM reserves the right to use Schedule 5 paragraph 8 of Procurement Act 2023 to do this.

Procurement Act 2023

Competitive flexible procedure

TfGM are using Pro-Contract / The Chest for the management of this procurement. This is where the tender documents will be held and where Tenderers must submit their bids. The Pro-Contract ref number is DN831950 and this will open at 2pm on 09/10/2026. Tenderers that express an interest will get access to the tender documents automatically. If interested Tenderers are not registered already on this e-sourcing portal, we recommend that they do so as soon as possible. Here is the link to register - https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tenderers are also asked to open the 'Supplier Guide to the Procurement - READ FIRST' document after accessing the tender and the documents. Tenderers must also be registered on the CDP for this contract.