Published date: 7 June 2021

Last edited date: 25 June 2021

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: 12 July 2021, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP599199321

Published date

7 June 2021

Closing date

12 July 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

16 August 2021

Contract end date

8 July 2022

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 25 June 2021 for the following reason: We are extending the date of submission to 23rd July .
We will upload the amended the Guidance to Tenderers to reflect the amended schedule shortly .(Common and enabling tasks
•Considering how much of the existing freight traffic can or must be managed:
-wholly by electrified freight trains,
-wholly by self-powered vehicles, or
-by a practical combination of both traction methods.
•Considering the issues and constraints for track sections extending off the mainline GB rail network that are neither owned nor operated by Network Rail. Such may include the practical and economic constraints for electrification on these sections, or other factors which mean that access to electrification is limited or effectively not available, and where self-powered options may be needed.
•Assessing the impacts of the rollout of electrification on transitional arrangements for freight traction.
•Considering the absolute need for some form of thermal traction within the future freight traction mix.
•Reviewing estimates of future rail freight growth.
For output 1
•Reviewing outputs from TDNS on where lines may be prioritised for electrification to support freight decarbonisation.
•Mapping current and future electrification against regular freight routes and occasional freight routes.
•Energy 'audit' of the power and energy demand for a sufficient variety of representative freight journeys, taking into account freight, route and operations conditions.
•Developing a model to capture the power and energy demand of freight corridor and associated user manual/ guidance document
•Mapping modelled scenarios against known emissions and operational data from other projects.
•Generating normalised estimates of cost-effectiveness, such as £/kgCO2e saved for different self-powered options.
For output 2
•A review of the adequacy of existing and planned power supplies on existing and planned freight corridors on the 3rd rail network
•A review of locations on the 25kV OLE network known to be or likely to be inadequate for existing and planned freight corridors
•Identify and assess options to overcome electric power supply limitations)

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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

Agnes Guedj

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425351

Email

agnes.guedj@rssb.co.uk