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SIMPLIFAI SYSTEMS LIMITED

Simplifai AI Traffic Management

Simplifai Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) Traffic Management Service integrates with Urban Traffic Control and Management systems for the goal centred management and optimisation of road networks for air quality management, congestion management (recurrent and non recurrent) , event management, incident management, road works management and other goals.

Features

  • Patent pending Artificial Intelligence solution solving key traffic network problems
  • Goal orientated traffic control generating dynamic UTC traffic signal timings
  • Automated artificial intelligence for dynamic mobility challenges adapting traffic management
  • Real time resolution of mobility, bus and/or active travel conflicts
  • Bus priority optimisation using Authority Bus Open Data (BODS data)
  • Manage traffic impacts of sports, leisure, planned and unplanned events
  • Analysis and visualisation of network constraints and real time operation
  • Operating through existing UTC and UTMC systems to optimise networks
  • Access controlled, secure web interface, hosted AI application
  • Management of Roadworks including creating plans for temporary traffic signals

Benefits

  • Improve mobility flow, maximising utilisation of existing systems and infrastructure
  • Reduction of road traffic congestion
  • More reliable transportation networks by optimising response to congestion conflicts
  • Improved air quality by adapting network flow to smooth movements
  • Reduce manual interventions through implementation of approved proven automated responses
  • Implement bus priority and smoother journeys without extensive infrastructure outlay
  • Automated UTC site calibration and identification of inductive loop issues
  • Improved visualisation of transport management issues through AI data analysis
  • Transform current data into standardised actionable insights and visualisations
  • Improved management of road network during period of roadworks

Pricing

£5,000 to £100,000 a unit a month

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

8 5 4 8 9 3 9 5 1 4 2 6 7 7 9

Contact

SIMPLIFAI SYSTEMS LIMITED Keith McCabe
Telephone: 07812721181
Email: keith.mccabe@simplifaisystems.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Urban Traffic Control (UTC) and Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC). Smart City management systems.
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
Clients will be informed of planned maintenance in advance. The buyers will need to have an existing Urban traffic control system that is capable of connecting to cloud based Traffic Management Artificial Intelligence Systems.
System requirements
  • Client computers and internet access agreed in advance
  • Secure communications to the Cloud based AI System.
  • Access to customer data, data sources and data volumes
  • A modern standards compliant web browser

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
24 hours
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Email and phone support to technical account manager
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Initially there is a user requirement capture process which is undertaken using online questionnaires and conference call workshops.
There is an online user training support.
There is also a configuration repository for the capture and modification to user requirements.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
The transport data is returned to the local authority at the end of the contract apart from the data that is needed to be retained to meet legal requirements.
End-of-contract process
Decommissioning the system is included in the contract.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
Chrome
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 A
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
To transfer outputs from the system into a third party system.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
What can be customised:
-Configuration of user display
- Goals for system
- Forms of data analytics
- Performance measurement
How do users customise
-Initially through the agile development of the systems
-Once installed it is through the user interface
Who can customise
-Different levels of users will have different customisation settings

Scaling

Independence of resources
The systems is designed to be used by a single local authority for the management of its traffic control systems. There number of simultaneous operations of the AI Systems needed for each authority area will be agreed in advance as part of the scoping of the service requirement for the deployment.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Metrics are provided on levels of congestion on the impacts of the congestion. There are options to convert these metrics indirectly or directly into the economic costs to society for use in business case analysis.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Managed by a third party
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with another standard
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users can either export their data as common separated variable files for selected variables and data sets or export the entire database of the users data.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
  • Text files
  • SQL database

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Data protection within supplier network
IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Service is available for a minimum of 99% of the time. If the service level drops below 99% measured over the period of a month a refund of the % below 99% time the % of the system unavailable for that time is used to calculate the % refund of monthly fee.
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Email alert and public dashboard.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
User access is controlled using roles and security groups. Access can also be restricted by IP address.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
(1) The board of directors is accountable for security governance.
(2) The Senior Information Risk Officer is responsible for information security management and is a member of the board of directors.
(3) There is a clear information security policy.
(4) Information security is regularly assessed and if necessary improved.
(5) There is a clear reporting structure for security events and corrective action is swiftly taken.
(6) We adopt a risk-based approach.
(7) The importance of information security is regularly communicated.
Information security policies and processes
(1) The Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) is responsible for information security and is a member of the board of directors.
(2) Information security policies and processes are reviewed annually.
(3) All information security events are reported to the SIRO, investigated and then a corrective and/or preventative action plan is enacted.
(4) Our policy covers information risk assessment, endpoint protection, encryption, identity and access management, remote access, protection from malicious software, asset (including network) and data security, vulnerability scanning, minimum levels of application security, password compliance, appropriate use, change management, joiners/leavers, disposal of equipment, data backup/archiving/recover, training and awareness.
(5) Points of information ingress and egress are protected by physical, technical and organisational controls as necessary.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
(1) Software configuration is controlled using a configuration management tool, incorporating version management and change history.
(2) Deployment uses a combination of versioned containerisation and CI/CD tools.
(3) Documentation is version controlled and stored in a cloud-based information management system
(4) Environments and infrastructure use versioned snapshots and containerisation.
(5) Changes are assessed by a Change Advisory Board, which takes a risk-based approach to change control.
(6) Changes must have an assigned owner and be thoroughly documented, including an implementation plan, risk and impact assessment, evidence that changes have been tested and that there is a rollback plan.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
(1) We use third party cloud hosting services approved to ISO27001, including continuous vulnerability assessment and up-to-date patching of all components according to a defined patching schedule. Critical patches are applied immediately.
(2) We perform annual penetration testing, including application-level vulnerability assessment.
(3) We deploy malware/virus detection and prevention tools.
(4) We monitor publicly available threat assessment sources (e.g. US-CERT, FBI, Internet Storm Centre, @abuse.ch, NCSC)
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
(1) Our cloud infrastructure provider is ISO27001 compliant and provides a monitoring service with alerts that are actively monitored by us.
(2) Our applications include access, audit and performance logs that are actively monitored using log monitoring services, with alerts.
(3) Potential and confirmed compromises are raised as a critical incident and managed through our incident response protocol.
(4) Security incidents are overseen by a member of the board of directors.
(5) Customer impact is assessed and communicated honestly and transparently, as quickly as possible
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
(1) Incidents are reported through our incident management tool, in accordance with our pre-defined incident response protocols (email or telephone).
(2) Security incidents are overseen by a member of the board of directors.
(3) Customer impacts are reported honestly and transparently, as quickly as possible and in the most expedient manner (telephone or email).
(4) A full incident report is made available to customers, including the source of compromise, impact and risk assessment, corrective and protective action plan, etc.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
Yes
Connected networks
Other
Other public sector networks
  • Urban Traffic control systems
  • Data systems connected to urban traffic control systems

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

Optimise traffic flows to reduce CO2 emissions and manage networks to improve climate change resilience. Supporting communities to deliver on environmental protection and improvement.
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

Better predict where organisations are in the recovery cycle from COVID 19 through traffic management monitoring; and helping the health service to deal with the backlog of appointments from COVID 19. Assessing the impacts of health, air quality and transport in the backlog recovery.
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

As a company conscious decision to be based in the North to help with the levelling up agenda. And support equal opportunities for the broader population.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Supporting equal opportunities for the broader population through location in the North.
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

From 1st April 2022 Simplifai have reduced the working week to 35 hours and increased staff annual holidays; this is to reduce the impacts of lockdown and the effects of social isolation to aid the return to post pandemic working. These are also seen to attract staff through providing a good work-life balance.
Efficient transport management enables communities to develop socially and economically. Locations with the worst air pollution are frequently next to roads with highest emissions - our solution manages and optimises traffic to improve health.

Pricing

Price
£5,000 to £100,000 a unit a month
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at keith.mccabe@simplifaisystems.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.