Published date: 31 January 2023

Last edited date: 15 February 2023

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: 7 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200

  • Hazard protection and control consultancy services - 71317000

  • Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1 to £350,000

Procurement reference

tfl_scp_002341 - WS1261407172

Published date

31 January 2023

Closing date

7 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 March 2023

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Transport for London (TfL) has published a tender opportunity on 31 January 2023 for Fatigue Detection Technology Consultancy Service.

TfL is seeking consultancy support to undertake a multi-operator large-scale trial of Fatigue Detection Technology (FDT) on buses to understand the benefits of FDT on reducing fatigue amongst bus drivers. In addition, the other objective of the project is to understand associated benefits such as building a more open safety culture, and to inform any future roll-out of FDT.

TfL requires a contract to be put in place for late March 2023; TfL is conducting a competitive tender for this Contract for a duration of one (1) year and six (6) months from the Contract Commencement Date with the option, at the Authority's Sole Discretion, to extend for further periods up to a maximum of one (1) year.


To be able to participate in the tender, suppliers must be registered on Ariba.

Interested suppliers should complete the following steps:

1. Register interest for the tender by contacting the Procurement Lead listed on Contracts Finder posting - mezanahmed@tfl.gov.uk

2. If required, to register on Ariba by completing the "Supplier self-registration request form here: https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/Main/ad/selfRegistration?realm=TfL. For help on using the SAP Ariba system, please refer to https://support.ariba.com/Adapt/Ariba_Network_Supplier_Training.

3. Upon completion of registration, interested suppliers must inform the TfL Procurement Lead via email (mezanahmed@tfl.gov.uk), to ensure your organisation is added to the Sourcing Event on Ariba.
Upon confirmation that the bidder has been invited to the Sourcing Event in Ariba, the interested suppliers will have unrestricted and full access to the procurement documents, free of charge through their dashboard when they login to Ariba at https://service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw . Any additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address.

Please note, even if you are already a registered supplier on SAP Ariba you must inform the Procurement Lead (mezanahmed@tfl.gov.uk) of your intention to participate in this opportunity so that the Procurement Lead can manually add your organisation to the Sourcing Event on SAP Ariba.

Economic operators need to complete and submit a response to the relevant procurement documents by the deadline date set out in the tender documents.

Interested bidders are advised to satisfy themselves that they understand all the requirements of this contract and the procurement exercise before submitting their response. For help on uploading your responses, please refer to https://support.ariba.com/Adapt/Ariba_Network_Supplier_Training.If the problem persists please contact Ariba_Supplier_Enablement@tfl.gov.uk

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Fatigue Detection Technology Consultancy

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 15 December 2022, last edited 15 December 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Mohammed Mezan Ahmed

Address

5 ENDEAVOUR SQUARE
LONDON
E201JN
England

Telephone

07724 425 933

Email

mezanahmed@tfl.gov.uk