RFQ for the Development of an Integrated Transport Management Strategy

⁠⁠⁠This project is known as the Byron Shire Integrated Transport Management Strategy.

The Integrated Transport Management Strategy [the Strategy] will be Byron Shire Council's parent transport document; an overarching, policy-level strategic document that will act at high level to guide how Byron Shire Council (Council) proceeds with funding. It will provide a direction for the Byron Shire transport network through the next 20 years, and will identify priorities and have a coordinated set of actions that will be achieved within clearly identifiable five year goals.

It will be supported by Council's Bicycle Strategy and Action Plan (Bike Plan) and Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP), and will inform other Council plans and strategies, while also functioning as a mechanism by which to support projects and initiatives.

Council is seeking to engage a suitably qualified and highly experienced consultant to prepare an Integrated Transport Management Strategy, using the outcomes of Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Committee (TIAC) workshops and meetings to date as a foundation for the development of the Strategy. The ideal consultant will have expertise in the context and issues of Byron Shire, data collection and analysis, a degree of innovation, experience in presenting as an expert at workshops and a demonstrated track record in successfully delivering projects of similar nature.

It is considered that much of the information required for the development of the Strategy is already available and the successful consultant is expected to have sufficient knowledge and experience to bring all the relevant information, facts and figures together to develop an excellent strategic document with a clear action plan. However, it is acknowledged that some data gathering may be required, and indeed may become apparent during the process of community consultation.

The primary goal is to develop an integral consensus document; a strategic plan based on high quality data and research to ensure that it is effective in influencing Council; a strategy that is practical, focused and achievable, and one that incorporates the existing undertakings of Council and - most importantly - responds to the needs of community and transport providers alike.

For this key information to shape Byron Shire towards 2040 and beyond requires a high level of diligence. This is an excellent opportunity for the appropriate consultancy to develop a benchmark document that would be used by a number of organisations as example of best practice.