Considerations for a Guide to Contracting ITS Projects

Through research and lessons learned from early intelligent transportation systems (ITS) deployers, it has been concluded that the procurement of goods and services to support ITS deployments represents a major obstacle for transportation agencies responsible for deploying ITS. This obstacle can be attributed to the challenges associated with the procurement of goods and services to support the deployment of complex information technology (IT) systems. In response to this challenge, innovative procurement methods have been established. In an effort to aid state and local transportation agencies with the identification of appropriate innovative procurement methods, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) funded Project 3-77 with the objective of developing a guide to ITS procurement. A research team was established to develop the guide and an NCHRP research panel was established to oversee the development of the guide. As a result of this research it was determined that project, agency and environment characteristics and systems engineering and project management principles are key inputs into the process used to identify an appropriate procurement approach for a specified ITS project. A decision model was developed to represent this process.

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• Authors:
  • Tarnoff, Philip J
  • Marshall, Kenneth R
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Contractor Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Glossary; References;
• Pagination: 249p
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Web-Only Document
  • Issue Number: 85
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Guidelines; Information technology; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent transportation systems programs; Procurement
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01023765
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309432184
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 3-77
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 5 2006 9:12AM