Published date: 9 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: 17 April 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

BIP487062524

Published date

9 April 2020

Closing date

17 April 2020

Contract start date

11 May 2020

Contract end date

26 June 2020

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

The main objective of this work is to undertake a strategic analysis on positioning RSSB as the leader in the creation of novel insights for industry, undertaking the following assessments through engagement with RSSB subject matter experts:
•Member requirements and customer journeys, and how RSSBs vision can be delivered to best fulfil these needs.
•Existing levels of capability within the organisation, and any barriers (cultural or otherwise) to move from existing priorities to focus on this new area of work.
•Data landscape:
oData RSSB currently owns in its systems
oData RSSB currently shares with other bodies
oHigh level areas of data required by RSSB to develop sustainable insights or provide benefit through aggregating and sharing data between organisations, including data standards
oIndustry data strategies (Joint Rail Data Action Plan, Rail Technical Strategy, Rail Sector Deal, National Data Strategy; National Access Point), and moving to a position where we have joined up datasets
oOther areas of consideration: data quality, master data management, and provenance
•Market analysis and opportunities for data insights within the rail industry, from commercial and non-commercial funding sources.
Based on these assessments, an analysis should be undertaken, and the following should be produced in collaboration with RSSB subject matter experts:
•Target operating model to deliver sustainable data insights.
•Processes, policies, data governance and IT services that will need to be developed, or changed, to ensure we consistently produce a quality output.
•Organisational structure required to succeed in this area in the medium to long term; including level of resourcing and required roles and capabilities.

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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

Mike HaRDY

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425606

Email

MICHAEL.HARDY@RSSB.CO.UK