Published date: 24 April 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 May 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP489576073

Published date

24 April 2020

Closing date

22 May 2020

Contract start date

30 June 2020

Contract end date

30 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This research aims to determine a clear rules assurance process and improve industry understanding of how the benefits of a rule change may be fully realised. It will facilitate consistent adoption of performance enabling rules across the industry. This project will focus on 3 rules changes that have been happened over the past 5 years and when applied improve operational performance (emergency special working, high speed coasting, and contingency arrangements for GSM-R failures).

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Tim Batkin

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425300

Email

timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk