Highways England has gone out to tender with a geotechnical and drainage asset information management system contract worth an estimated £17 million.
Highways England has gone out to tender with a geotechnical and drainage asset information management system contract worth an estimated £17 million.
Highways England’s existing geotechnical and drainage asset information management systems (GDMS and Highways Agency Drainage Data Management System (HADDMS) respectively), are Highways England’s prime geotechnical and drainage asset information management systems for inventory and condition data.
Management and upgrades to both asset information systems form part of a programme that has been ongoing for approximately twenty years.
Civils asset management in Highways England includes drainage and geotechnical information, as well as pavements, structures and technology. Asset data enables Highways England to make informed decisions about the way it operates and maintains the strategic road network.
The geotechnical asset information system, GDMS, was re-platformed (working with Mott MacDonald and Bentley Systems (formerly Keynetix)) between 2017 and 2020 (Phase 12) to mitigate against the risks of software obsolescence and to meet current business needs.
As part of the re-platforming, a key business goal was to provide a systems architecture that could facilitate a single, unified platform that catered for management of both geotechnical and drainage assets.
In order to maximise its investment to date, Highways England is now looking to complete the ongoing support and iteration of this project.
Scope of the GDMS Phase 13 project covers:
- IT service management for the geotechnical aspects of the GDMS platform that have been
- developed to date;
- A replacement for the legacy HADDMS platform; and
- Interoperability services with Highways England’s other systems.
Initial contract duration will be five years with the option for two further two-year extension options.
Highways England is looking to implement a HADDMS Replacement solution that leverages investment in the GDMS platform to date and enables future flexibility across a convergent platform for managing geotechnical and drainage assets, including through the implementation of optional services or future requirements without the need for major capital investment beyond this project.
Time limit for receipt of projects or requests to participate is 1st July 2021- click here to access the tender documentation.
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