ITS procurement methods and a proposed decision model

The complexities and uncertainties of ITS projects, often coupled with a lack of dedicated expert resources within road agencies, can make the procurement of ITS solutions challenging. It also requires different procurement models compared to traditional civil engineering projects to ensure the best value for money invested. Austroads project NT1802: Procurement of ITS (International Practice) aimed to review and identify the world best practice and lessons learned of ITS procurement. This paper presents main findings from the project. A selection of 14 ITS procurement case studies from six selected countries including the US, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are reviewed and analysed. These case studies cover a wide range of scale, budget, risk, complexity levels and agency resource levels of ITS projects. The authors further investigated the current domestic ITS procurement practices. A wide range of procurement methods for ITS solutions are identified from these case studies and the benefits, risks, risk management proposals and applicability to Australian road agencies for each procurement method are also discussed in detail. An ITS procurement decision model is then proposed for Australian and New Zealand road agencies to guide the decision-making process towards selecting the most suitable procurement method. The decision model follows a systems engineering approach and helps road agencies to make procurement decisions based on the characteristics of the project and capability levels of the procurement agency.

• Record URL:
  http://arrbknowledge.com
• Authors:
  • Han, C
  • Espada, I
  • Li, J
  • Weeratunga, K
• Conference:
  • ARRB Conference, 26th, 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2014-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 6.2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Highway operations; Project management; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: International comparison; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Canada; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Singapore; United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Decision process; International comparison; Project management; Road management; Road network
• ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 2248: Decision process; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 8131: Hong Kong; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01548058
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 17 2014 10:53AM