Consolidated Active Modes Updates to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management
Tender ID: 610743
Tender Details
Tender Description
Purpose
Austroads seeks services from an appropriately experienced service provider to consolidate the recommendations of recent Austroads projects for improvements to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management (AGTM) relating to active modes (including walking, cycling and micromobility). Whilst many of these recommendations are aligned, in some cases, work will be required to develop a consolidated, consistent suite of changes throughout the AGTM.
Deliverables:
This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Project management documents to the Austroads Project Manager that includes the following:
- Data Management Plan
- Project Management Plan including:
o Risk register and actions register.
o Project schedule and resourcing
o Invoicing schedules.
- Stakeholder Engagement Plan
- Minutes of meetings
- A detailed justification report should the scope and project deliverables need to be revised
- Agreed actions and status of each action.
• Draft Research Report documents to the Project Manager and Project Control Group that includes the following chapters:
- Research Report Synopsis
- Introductory
- Literature Review
- Stakeholder Engagement
- AGTM Recommendations – including a synopsis of updated AGTM guidance
- Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool Recommendations - scoping advice to update the Australasian Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool in alignment with active mode planning updates in the AGTM.
- Future research needs
- Conclusions
• Draft updated AGTM guides to the Project Manager and Project Control Group (note, Austroads will provide a MS Word version of the current Guide sections for the Consultant to update).
• Final Draft Research Report and AGTM guides for the Network Task Force
• Final Research Report and AGTM guides to the Austroads Board
• A PowerPoint presentation to the project manager for dissemination of the final report (to be delivered in person or by video conference)
• Project factsheet detailing, background, summary of scope, reviewers/members, learnings, technological impact and application, future work, point of contact from Austroads for queries, and any other relevant item that has significant importance to be highlighted in this summary. No more than three pages in length
• Webinar materials including completed webinar questions and answers
Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
- Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions.
All submissions that are research project based must adhere to the Austroads style requirements and the Australian Government Style Manual
Summary of Austroads Publication Requirements for Research Reports:
- Consultants engaged to deliver research reports for Austroads are required to use a standard report template designed to ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility across all published outputs. While the full template will be provided upon contract commencement, the following outlines the key requirements tenderers should be aware of:
General Formatting and Style
- Reports must follow the Australian Government Style Manual, particularly in relation to:
- Inclusive and accessible language
- Grammar, punctuation, and capitalisation (e.g. sentence case for most headings)
- Referencing and attribution
- Use pre-defined Austroads styles for all headings, body text, tables, figures, and captions. Manual formatting (e.g. changing fonts or colours directly) is not permitted.
- The Table of Contents must be auto generated and kept updated.
- The report should be:
- Logically structured: Each section must contribute to the report's purpose.
- Consistent: No conflicting information or contradictions.
- Thorough: All aspects of the agreed scope must be fully addressed and justified.
Content Development Guidelines
- The Summary and Section 1 (Introduction) are mandatory for all reports.
- Reports must include appropriate referencing for external sources, data, and studies.
- Any copyrighted material used must have documented permission and be properly acknowledged.
- A qualified editor must review the report before submission to ensure correct grammar, spelling, and readability.
Figures and Tables
- All figures and tables must:
- Be sequentially numbered
- Include a clear caption inserted using the Microsoft Word Insert Caption tool
- Images and diagrams must be clear, relevant, and referred to in the text.
Technical Details
- Specific instructions are included for each section within the template (e.g. expected content, structure, and formatting).
- Reports must avoid "style corruption" often caused by copying and pasting formatted text—authors must verify styles remain consistent with Austroads' format.
- Reports should be reviewed to ensure there is no duplication, ambiguity, or omission of scope elements.
All submissions are to be submitted as a PDF at a maximum size of 10MB.
All submissions are to include a completed Tender Proposal Coversheet.
The naming convention for submissions is: [your Company name] – [Project No.] – [any internal reference numbers].
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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