CHARM Market Consultation
in Traffic Management
29/3/12 – Intertraffic 2012
Amsterdam
Industry Event
Welcome
• Robert Castleman – Divisional Director,
Traffic Technology – Highways Agency
• Kees v.d. Kaa – Chief Information Officer,
Rijkswaterstaat
Purpose
The purpose of this briefing is to explain to
you:
– The context of this programme.
– What we are seeking.
Agenda
•
Ambitions of the CHARM programme
– Ian Chalmers Programme Manager
Highways Agency
•
The Process for the CHARM market
consultation
– Johann Visser Programme Manager
Rijkswaterstaat
Ambitions of the CHARM
programme.
Traffic Management: Overview
Core capabilities
Incident Management
Call or
request
Roadside
Assistance
Physical
restrictions
Dynamic Traffic Management
Vehicle
data
Signs and
signals
Information
Data exchange
Weather
Information Provision
Other
data
Sensors
“Messengers”
Road users
CHARM - Overview
• The aim of CHARM is to define a new generation of traffic
management systems, that may be jointly purchased.
• The outcomes are:
– To a high extent support the traffic management processes in
each organisation, currently and within the foreseeable future;
– Enable operational resilience (in case of fire, power failure, etc.);
– Support a managed service model, promote functional
development during the operational phase, and prevent vendor
lock-in;
– Enable the total cost of ownership to be reduced significantly
from the parties' current generation of traffic management
centers.
Background
• The organisations:
– Have worked together to share knowledge and experience.
– Are very similar and share similar problems.
– Face similar issues in addressing rising cost of ownership and
vendor lock-in.
– Wish to decouple their technology solutions from the business
requirements so that new operating models can be implemented
and achieve efficiency savings.
• Aggregating the demand from several organisations increases the
potential for expanding the market and reducing costs.
Scope
• Functions Definition for Procurement
Purposes
– Are we aligned?
• Market Consultation
– Is it feasible?
• Joint Procurement Strategy to Expand
Market
– How do we get there?
Confidence
- Degree of similarity.
- Comparison has confirmed.
Highways Agency
Rijkswaterstaat
80% Solution
The expected Outcome
• The ability to take a decision about
potential future procurement in Dec 2012.
The Process for the CHARM
market consultation
CHARM Market Consultation
• Objective: to enable the market place to
show how the future strategy and
objectives of Highways Agency &
Rijkswaterstaat can be realised from a
wide range of leading suppliers.
Market Consultation round 1
• Objective: to enable the market place to
provide RWS and HA with an insight in the
capability of wide range of leading
suppliers in meeting the requirement.
• Publication:
– Market consultation document
– Top Level Requirements (draft)
• Questionnaire
– your feedback will help us shape round 2
Market Consultation round 2
• Objective: to obtain a clearer and more
detailed insight in the potential solutions
that industry can offer that meet the
ambitions of HA and RWS.
• Publication:
– User Needs
– Functions Definition
– Partial Business Case
Timetable
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Deadline return of questionnaire: 1 May
Insights round 1 published: June
Round 2: June – October
Insights round 2 published: December
Future procurements
Expectation in the next decade:
• HA: 7 out of 7 regional TMCs
• RWS: 2 out of 5 regional TMCs
Innovation Challenges
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Preparations - 2012
PCP Phase 1: Solution design – 2013
PCP Phase 2: Prototyping – 2014
PCP Phase 3: Pre-production testing –
2015
• The Challenges
– 1. Advanced network management
– 2. Advanced traffic predictions;
– 3. Support of co-operative ITS functions
Questions?
Queries / contact address:
• PINCHARMINDUSTRYDAY@highways.gsi.gov.
uk
Documents:
• www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/charm