FMCI drive-by-wire autonomous vehicle research system

Verified opportunity overview

Future Mobility Campus Ireland seeks a complete drive-by-wire system with vehicle integration, commissioning, training, support and a documented ROS 2 interface for autonomous-driving research. The official procurement workspace remains the controlling source for supplier decisions and current documents.

Current status and key dates

The opportunity lifecycle is open. The controlling submission deadline is 22 October 2026, 23:30 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

1. Future Mobility Campus Ireland - Company Profile Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) was founded to create and deliver future mobility testbed facilities supporting research, development and innovation in Autonomous Connected Electric Shared Vehicles (ACES), including Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) in Ireland. FMCI partners include leading Irish automotive and technology organisations across SMEs, MNCs, RPOs and IOTs, with support from local authorities and state agencies. FMCI operates CAV and AAM test facilities in real-world settings, enabling technology companies and researchers to test and enhance their innovations. The facilities include a road network retrofitted with interconnected sensing and telecommunications technologies, fully accessible and controlled through a dedicated control centre. FMCI supports the ecosystem of companies developing, manufacturing and testing products and services related to CAV and AAM. The system under this tender will support FMCI Research and Development activities in Autonomous Driving and Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems. 2. Purpose and Scope FMCI invites tenderers for the supply, installation, integration, commissioning, acceptance testing, training and support of a complete Drive-by-Wire (DBW) system for an autonomous vehicle research platform. FMCI has not pre-selected a specific vehicle make or model. Tenderers shall nominate a suitable right-hand-drive battery-electric vehicle platform that, in standard production configuration, is road-legal and eligible for registration and normal public-road use in Ireland, compatible with the proposed DBW solution, and reasonably available through Irish motor dealerships. The objective is to select a technically suitable and commercially viable platform, considering the DBW solution, vehicle cost and availability, and integration risk. The DBW system will support autonomous-driving research using ROS 2 and Autoware on FMCI's NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin platform. International suppliers are eligible to tender, subject to applicable Irish and EU import, tax, safety and procurement requirements. The vehicle is not part of the contract awarded under this RFT. Following contract award, FMCI will procure the nominated vehicle platform separately in accordance with its procurement obligations. 3. Required Tender Outcome The successful tenderer shall provide a complete solution enabling FMCI to: * source a compatible right-hand-drive battery-electric passenger vehicle in Ireland; * electronically control steering, propulsion, braking, gear selection and direction indicators using the vehicle OEM actuation systems; * retain safe and immediate manual-driver override; * provide an emergency-stop and defined fail-safe architecture; * perform controlled low-speed operation using a remote operator controller; * communicate with the DBW system from the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin using a documented ROS 2 interface; * install, deploy and maintain the supplier-provided ROS 2 interface on AArch64/ARM64; * commission and accept the DBW installation using objective functional and software-interface tests; and * operate and maintain the system without undisclosed mandatory subscriptions, software dependencies or unsupported proprietary interfaces. FMCI will perform the final mapping between the supplier's ROS 2 DBW interface and the Autoware vehicle-control stack internally. This description is deliberately bounded to what the official public workspace states and does not extend unstated deliverables.

Lots and contract structure

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Complete lot schedules, quantities, specifications and allocation mechanics remain within the live procurement documents.

Supplier requirements

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Suppliers must use the official documents rather than this research brief to determine eligibility and compliance.

Submission and award method

The official procedure is Open. The submission deadline is 22 October 2026, 23:30 Europe/Dublin. The evaluation mechanism is Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT). The workspace identifies directive 2014/24/EU (Classic). The workspace marks the procurement as below threshold. The clarification deadline is 12 October 2026, 17:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 23 October 2026, 00:00 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are accepted. Tender validity is 90 days. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.

Value explanation

The displayed value is EUR 120,000. An estimate is not guaranteed expenditure, supplier revenue, call-off volume or realised award value.

Amendments and status history

The public workspace should be checked for later clarifications, deadline changes, document replacements, cancellations, awards and other status notices before acting.

Supplier relevance

Autonomous-vehicle, drive-by-wire, ROS 2, vehicle-integration and research-platform suppliers. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.

Procurement data limitations and missing details

Published estimated value EUR 120,000; it is an estimate, not an award value, guaranteed spend or supplier revenue. The separately procured vehicle is outside this contract. Missing facts are preserved as unknowns and are not inferred from comparable procurements, market prices or supplier assumptions.

Official sources and verification history

Primary evidence is the official procurement source at https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9202314, checked on 3 October 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.