Drive-by-Wire System for Autonomous Vehicle Research

Summary

Future Mobility Campus Ireland is procuring a complete drive-by-wire system for autonomous-vehicle research, including supply, installation, integration, commissioning, acceptance testing, training and support. The bidder must propose a suitable right-hand-drive battery-electric passenger vehicle platform that is road-legal and registerable in Ireland and reasonably available through local dealerships. The vehicle itself is not included in this contract; FMCI will procure it separately after the contract is awarded. The system must electronically control steering, propulsion, braking, gear selection and direction indicators, retain safe and immediate manual driver override, and provide an emergency stop and fail-safe architecture. It must also support controlled low-speed operation by remote controller and provide a documented ROS 2 interface for use with the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin platform, deployable in an ARM64/AArch64 environment. Acceptance will include objective functional and software-interface tests. The system must operate without undisclosed mandatory subscriptions, software dependencies or unsupported proprietary interfaces. The estimated contract value is EUR 120,000. The deadline for tenders is 22 October 2026 at 23:30.