Issue - meetings

STEP – Transport Data Platform

This report updates the Member for Transport on the work done with the grant so far and requests approval to commission the STEP Transport Data Platform.

Additional documents:

CONFIDENTIAL ANNEX C - STEP Financials , View reasons restricted (11/2)

Decision:

Resolved:

i. Noted STEP progress to date and approved the commissioning of the STEP Data Platform so the procurement may be completed under officer delegated authority.

Reasons:

· Commissioning the STEP Data Platform will allow CoYC to fulfil the grant funding conditions.

· A Transport Data Platform Prototype has proven the concept and technical integrations work, removing a lot of technical risk.

· A Procurement exercise has been carried out, so contract costs are known.

· A feed of live transport Data from the Prototype has been used by the Government to track COVID travel patterns and has positively raised the profile of CoYC.

· The STEP Data Platform requires a robust industrial solution to ensure future support and reliability not supported with the Prototype.

Minutes:

Officers introduced the report and provided an update on the aims of the commissioning of a seven year contract in order to establish and maintain the STEP Data Platform. It was confirmed that the platform would aim to provide real time reactions data and assist in the creation of better modelling.