13232 - TAR 25/06 Efficient National Freight Demand Study Data Specifications

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RFx ID: 32894157 Organisation: New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) - HISTORIC Open date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025 10:00 AM +13:00 Close date: Wednesday, 3 December 2025 4:00 PM +13:00 Categories: 80000000 - Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services 81000000 - Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services 83000000 - Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services Region: New Zealand Overview: Develop an efficient data pipeline for an improved NFDS that is repeatable, scalable, and cost-effective. The objectives of the research are: a. Design an efficient data pipeline that is repeatable, and cost-effective to support regular updates to the NFDS. b. Ensure the pipeline can integrate diverse data sources (e.g. transport, administrative, logistics, supply chain). c. Enhance detail on freight commodity types, volumes, origins, destinations, time sensitivity. d. Pilot the most promising data sources and any required modelling to enable the forecast of freight demand by commodity type and spatial location. e. Recommend a methodology to validate the quality of the results. f. Use the validation methodology to evaluate trade-offs between cost, complexity, and data quality. g. Ensure that the pipeline can be established to allow repeatability over time.