Austroads seeks responses from appropriately experienced service providers to develop a comprehensive research report and technical guidance document on the use of Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMA) and Incident Response Vehicles (IRV) for temporary traffic management and incident response.

The successful provider will deliver standardised, evidence-based guidance to enhance safety, consistency, and operational efficiency across Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions, ensuring alignment with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.

Objective:

The objectives of this project are to:

• develop research report and comprehensive technical guidance document for the use of truck mounted attenuators (TMA) and incident response vehicles (IRV) during temporary traffic management and incident response,

• to provide standardised guidance for planning works involving truck mounted attenuators during mobile and static temporary traffic management and incident response.

The broader project aims to enhance safety outcomes for stakeholders (road workers and road users) whilst ensuring consistent practice across Australian and New Zealand agencies (acknowledging provision for jurisdictional autonomy where necessary), and efficiency in terms of financial investment.

The technical guidance for the use of truck mounted attenuators (TMA) is aimed at providing practitioners with comprehensive, robust and practical technical guidance on how TMAs should be used. The guidelines need to be prepared based on the latest research, industry standards, and regulatory requirements to ensure safety, effectiveness, and usability.

Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:

• Writing & Format Requirements for Austroads Publications which sets out the writing and formatting standards for research, technical and internal reports.

• Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note that our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.