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Solution Requirements

The solution should deliver cost-effective technology for the highly accurate location of customers, facilities and obstacles within public transport interchanges, as well as wayfinding and information – sharing services to help customers with vision impairments to navigate the public transport network.

Proposals must:

  • Demonstrate the scientific basis of the technology to address the problem

  • Demonstrate that the technology:

    • Can reliably identify customer location (ideally within 30cm)

    • If necessary, can effectively use existing infrastructure and data (such as CCTV)

    • Integrates highly accurate maps and wayfinding capabilities

    • Integrates other information relevant to customers such as service disruptions, platform changes and construction works

    • Can communicate information to customers with visual impairment

    • Is cost-effective and scalable

    • Is highly automated, requiring little to no human input

    • Produces reliable, repeatable and consistent results.

  • Consider how data that is created from the project will pass a Privacy Impact Assessment for publication on the Transport for NSW Open Data Hub

  • Deliver sharable, reliable and useful data.

This challenge is agnostic to the type of technology used and is seeking the most effective and efficient technology and methodology. Applicants may propose a single technology or device, or a suite of integrated technologies and devices.

Proposed solutions that can also be used by non-English speaking customers will be highly regarded.

Eligibility Requirements

  • ABN

  • SME with < 200 FTE; an individual or partnership; or a NSW public research organisation

  • Be headquartered in NSW; or conduct the majority of business R&D and production operations in NSW

  • Hold the IP

  • Conduct SBIR research and development in NSW

For more information on requirements, please see the SBIR Program Guidelines.  

Assessment Criteria

Applications for feasibility study (Phase 1) grants will be evaluated against the following assessment criteria.

Technical (40 points)

  • To what extent would the proposed solution address the challenge statement, including the solution requirements? 

  • Is the proposed solution ready to enter the feasibility study stage? 

  • How is the proposed solution innovative and superior to what is currently on the market? 

Commercial (30 points) 

  • Does the proposed solution have commercial potential?

  • Given its commercial potential, does the proposed solution deserve public investment? 

  • Does the application provide a reasonable plan for the next steps towards commercialisation and adoption, including identifying potential barriers and how these will be mitigated? 

Delivery (30 points)

  • Does the company and project team have the appropriate skills and experience to carry out the project? 

  • Does the team have access to the equipment, technology, infrastructure and financial resources needed to carry out the project? 

  • Does the application provide a reasonable project plan, including a budget, risk management plan and performance measures?