Open tender · United Kingdom · Services
DfT National Freight Model
Department for Transport in the United Kingdom is inviting bids for “DfT National Freight Model”. Bids close on 9 October 2026, 17:00 BST; the estimated value is £1.95 million. To qualify, bidders need at least one similar completed work and digital delivery capability.
The work
Development of a new National Freight Model (NFM) to replace existing freight modelling approaches
- multimodal freight model capable of estimating current and future freight demand and flows
- support analysis of domestic and international freight movements
- assess impacts of changes to infrastructure, land use, economic conditions, logistics behaviours and government policy interventions
- enable testing of alternative scenarios and sensitivities
- operate within DfT's Google Cloud Platform environment
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £1.95 million
- Contract period
- 9 November 2026 to 31 March 2028 (possible extension to 30 March 2029)
- Evaluation
- Quality and cost based (QCBS)
- Price basis
- Total Core Delivery Price
- Published
- 08 Sep 2026
What it takes to qualify
Worth a closer look
- Please refer to Appendix 4 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire for details of the Authority's insurance and liability requirements
- The quality evaluation criteria are set out in Appendix 6 - Quality Response Document
- Suppliers will be required to explain how they will deliver the Equal Opportunity theme within the Social Value Model
Experience
- At least 1 similar work — recent and relevant transport and freight modelling capability
- development of multimodal freight models
- experience with Google Cloud Platform deployment
- freight demand and flows estimation by commodity, vehicle type and transport mode
Certifications and registrations
transport and freight modelling capabilitydemonstration of recent and relevant transport and freight modelling capability
digital delivery capabilitydemonstration of recent and relevant digital delivery capability to develop, deploy, document and transfer the NFM within DfT's Google Cloud Platform environment
Policy conditions
No reservation, preference or local-content restriction.
Documents to submit
- Quality Response Documentcontains five scored Quality questions
- pricing schedulerequired for Commercial Envelope evaluation
- Procurement Specific Questionnairecontains insurance and liability requirements