This optional tool supports candidates in preparing their proposition paper for the Innovation Partnership for Pre-Deployment of Autonomous Road Transport, tendered by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW).
The tool guides you through defining your route and vehicle, describing your Operational Design Domain (ODD) on a higher abstraction level, and structuring your proposition — covering objectives, development path, scale, knowledge management, societal value, and requirements from public bodies. The output can be exported as an HTML, Word (.docx), OpenDocument Text (.odt), or ZIP file.
Proposition papers allow IenW to prepare the first round of bilateral meetings on the suggested scope of an innovation assignment.
Candidates are requested to submit their proposition paper no later than Friday May 8, 2026, 23:59 hours CEST by email to postbuspilotsautonoom@minienw.nl.
Each proposition paper must not exceed 20 pages, including images. This page limit is an absolute maximum. Each selected candidate may submit up to five (5) separate proposition papers within the relevant allotment.
Disclaimer
Use of this tool is entirely voluntary and not a requirement for participation in the tender procedure. The tool is intended to support candidates in structuring their proposition and to facilitate a productive bilateral discussion with IenW.
- The generated output is indicative and intended as a starting point, not as a definitive submission. The information and structure provided by this tool are not sufficient for a complete proposition paper. Your own creativity, domain expertise, and knowledge are essential to produce the proposition paper.
- Data entered and files uploaded in this tool are stored locally in your browser and are not transmitted to any server.* Exported documents may become part of the tender procedure, but you are responsible for checking accuracy if you choose to use the information provided through this tool.
- Route calculations, road operator data, and address lookups are sourced from public datasets (OpenStreetMap/OpenRouteService, NWB via PDOK, Nominatim) and may be approximate, incomplete, or outdated.
- If the routing does not provide a feasible or legally permitted route for your vehicle type, you should use your own routing tools and professional judgement to determine the correct route.
- The tool is provided as-is and will be available from 17 April to 8 May 2026 (inclusive). The tool developers and IenW accept no liability for the availability of the tool nor the content or accuracy of the generated output.
- To safeguard equal treatment of all candidates in the tender procedure, IenW and the tool providers are unable to provide support on this tool. Please do not contact postbuspilotsautonoom@minienw.nl for tool support.
* When using route calculation, address search, and infrastructure analysis features, coordinates and search queries are sent to third-party services (OpenRouteService, PDOK, OpenStreetMap/Nominatim) to provide routing, geocoding, and area analysis. No personal data or proposition content is transmitted.