Real-time passenger information system

Reach for 48813200 when the deliverable is live arrival prediction for public transport: the system that takes real-time vehicle positions and turns them into the times travellers see at a stop, on a screen, or in an app. That live element is the dividing line. A static estate of screens that only cycle scheduled times or service notices fits Electronic bulletin boards (48813100) better; the predictive, tracking-fed platform belongs here.

The parent question matters too. Passenger information system (48813000) is the broad bucket for traveller-facing information; reserve the child 48813200 for the real-time variant where vehicle tracking and arrival prediction are the point. Where a single procurement bundles the prediction platform with a wider intelligent-transport build covering ticketing, signalling or fleet management, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable and split the strands into lots an authority can price independently.

Because these systems tie a transport authority to a platform, its on-street hardware, and a multi-year maintenance relationship, the specification should pin down data feeds, display standards and support terms early.

Winners here are intelligent-transport systems integrators rather than general software houses: firms that can stand up the central prediction platform, integrate it with automatic vehicle location feeds, and install and maintain an on-street display estate. The decisive bidding signals are a track record on comparable transport networks, the quality of the arrival-prediction engine, open data feeds for third-party apps, and a maintenance commitment that keeps street-side hardware working for years.

Watch the shape of the award. Several of the tenders above are framework agreements and call-offs, which rewards getting onto the framework first, then competing on delivery against other named suppliers. Maintenance and upgrade scopes recur, so a sitting integrator that already knows the authority's vehicles and displays starts ahead on transition risk.

Where this nets out: a transport authority is buying live information its riders will judge daily, so prediction accuracy and a credible maintenance plan beat a thin price headline. Expect competition from suppliers arriving from the parent passenger-information codes and from networking and display-hardware bidders who package the street furniture into a wider deal.