The Cayman Islands Government is seeking consultants to help design a national digital traffic monitoring system, marking a major technological upgrade for road safety.
The Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure (PLAHI) issued a request for proposals on 2 February with a submission deadline of 6 March.
It is leading the effort alongside the National Roads Authority (NRA), on behalf of the National Road Safety Committee.
The notice asks for a single consultancy team to support the design and procurement of an integrated traffic management and enforcement system (ITMES).
The system is intended to replace traditional enforcement methods with a technology-driven model.
It will incorporate automated speed enforcement using LiDAR, automatic number plate recognition, CCTV integration, red-light cameras, and AI-enabled video analytics for detecting seatbelt and mobile phone violations.
The consultancy is structured in two phases.
Phase one, expected to take up to 15 months, covers system review, conceptual design, an outline business case following the UK treasury’s five-case model, procurement preparation, and a Cabinet-ready final business case.
Phase two spans an additional two to four years pending Cabinet approval, and covers implementation oversight, training, system handover and tiered post-implementation advisory support.
Deployment would follow a phased national rollout beginning on high-volume, high-risk corridors on Grand Cayman, including the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, Linford Pierson Highway, and Shamrock Road, before expanding to other districts and the Sister Islands.
The initiative falls under the National Road Safety Strategy 2023–2038, which targets a 30% reduction in fatal and serious-injury collisions by 2028 and zero fatalities by 2038, with speeding identified as a leading contributor to serious crashes.
The strategy sits alongside the government’s ‘Road to Zero’ vision.
The selected consultancy will not build the system itself. Its role is to design the system, prepare all procurement documentation, support the competitive bidding process to select a separate implementation contractor, and provide oversight during deployment.
The consultant and its affiliates will also be barred from bidding on any subsequent ITMES implementation contracts to avoid conflicts of interest.
Bids are evaluated on a 100-point scale: proposed solution at 25%, methodology and delivery approach at 15%, team capability and experience at 20%, local industry impact at 5%, and pricing at 35%.
Key requirements include compliance with the Data Protection Act, adherence to open international standards to prevent vendor lock-in, and alignment with existing legislation including the Traffic Act.
All work products become the property of the Cayman Islands Government.
The contract carries an initial term of three to five years with options for two additional one-year extensions.
Payments are milestone-based and tied to deliverable acceptance, with a 10% final acceptance retention.
The submission deadline is 6 March at 5pm, with contract execution anticipated in June. Interested parties have until 19 February at 5pm to submit questions.
