Contract awardedFramework call-offTransport modelling

DfT - Crisis Response and Resilience Digital Twin (CRDT)

Design and delivery of a national analytical platform to identify transport disruptions across multiple modes. The solution must integrate diverse data sources to model potential interventions, track developments, and estimate impacts on people and goods. The project requires an outcomes-based approach to enable innovation in data usage and technological methodology for crisis resilience.

Awarded value
£10m
As published
Published
20 January 2026
Awarded
19 January 2026
Arup
Contract length
36 months
Ends 8 October 2028

What the contract covers

Analytical platform procurement

Development and implementation of a scalable digital twin analytical platform for transport disruption modelling, impact assessment, and crisis response planning.

  • An analytical platform that is robust, scalable and user-friendly, capable of combining methods across analytical disciplines to improve the Department for Transport’s Crisis Response and Resilience capabilities
  • A national platform capable of identifying disruptions across transport modes in a timely fashion and at an appropriate level of detail
  • Combining a variety of data sources; estimating and informing users of likely impacts to people and goods; tracking developments; modelling potential interventions; and gathering learnings for future use

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Analytical platform procurement
Procedure
Selective procedure
Initial term
36 months
Contract dates
9 October 2025 to 8 October 2028
Certifications asked for
None stated
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Category
Services
CPV codes
72000000

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Department for Transport

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/63617/dft-crisis-response-and-resilience-digital-twin-crdt
Buyer reference
tender_489974/1546539
Open contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-33173b9f-69b2-4822-9165-4e4e674a027a
Last checked
5 November 2026

Department for Transport. DfT - Crisis Response and Resilience Digital Twin (CRDT). Contract award, 20 January 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/63617/dft-crisis-response-and-resilience-digital-twin-crdt (accessed 5 November 2026).