Published date: 20 October 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: 18 November 2020, 3pm

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

BIP535421001

Published date

20 October 2020

Closing date

18 November 2020

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

29 January 2021

Contract end date

31 August 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 project aims to provide the rail industry with consistent quantitative guidelines on shift pattern design and example 'good practice' rosters that can be used as templates or incorporated into educational materials to support fatigue risk management. It sets out to do this by providing definitions and roster examples that are supported by research evidence or by biomathematical modelling using societally accepted thresholds.

More information

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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

02031425351

Email

timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk