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ClosedStage · tender

Transport for the North

NorTMS External Audit

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71621000
Value£50k
Deadline16 Jun 2025
Published22 May 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 22 May 2025ClosedCloses 16 Jun 2025
Who to contact
Emily Molden
emily.molden@transportforthenorth.com

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this tender£0£2.0m

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The brief

Transport for the North (TfN) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake a full audit of all the model inputs and outputs in the Northern Transport Modelling System (NorTMS) and to provide an audit report with recommendations for areas requiring improvement.

The supplier must be an expert CUBE model reviewer with competent Python skills as some elements of NorTMS are coded in Python, and who has not worked with NorTMS or related to any TfN framework directly involved in NorTMS.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Technical-analysis-or-consultancy-services./9Q2M5G96B6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9Q2M5G96B6

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The supplier must be an expert CUBE

The supplier must be an expert CUBE model reviewer with competent Python skills as some elements of NorTMS are coded in Python, and who has not worked with NorTMS or related to any TfN framework directly involved in NorTMS.

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