Validating Demand Models with Mobile Phone Data

Department for Transport

Published: Oct 22, 2026

Updated: Oct 23, 2026

Source: UK FTS - Find a Tender Service

This tender has been awarded

Awarded to Jacobs UK Limited — £85,000

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About This Opportunity

This is a services contract in the transport and logistics, information and communication technology and Research sectors, with a focus on Telecommunications, Logistics and Freight. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through UK FTS - Find a Tender Service, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the transport and logistics sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This contract has already been awarded. The information is published for transparency and market intelligence purposes.

Description

This contract is to undertake a feasibility study on the use of disaggregate, l§ongitudinal Mobile Phone Data (MPD) to improve understanding of behavioural responses to transport interventions and support future improvements to transport demand modelling and appraisal guidance. The contract will develop and test a robust methodology for using linked, longitudinal MPD to estimate or support estimation of behavioural parameters used in transport demand models. The work will assess whether MPD can provide a credible evidence base for future estimation of causal behavioural responses and identify practical next steps for larger-scale implementation.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and was originally published on October 22, 2026. Last refreshed 20 days ago. Reference: 099960-2026. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Department for Transport

Department for Transport has issued 197 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 10 currently open and 133 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Transport & Logistics, Governance & Public Administration, and Information & Communication Technology. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK FTS - Find a Tender Service. Most recent publication: November 12, 2026.

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Jacobs UK Limited was awarded the contract for £85,000. The figure reflects the value disclosed by the contracting authority in the award notice.

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