Published date: 8 April 2021

Last edited date: 10 May 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 May 2021, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP584293629

Published date

8 April 2021

Closing date

12 May 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

19 July 2021

Contract end date

8 August 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 10 May 2021 for the following reason: Please note that we have granted an extension to the tender submission deadline from 04 June 2021 to 18 June 2021.(RSSB intends to procure research that sets out to provide the GB rail industry with a better understanding of how ice formation impacts Overhead Line Equipment (OLE), in order to identify novel anti-icing and de-icing mitigations to prevent and reduce ice formation issues from occurring. The project will take into account a range of external factors, notably the influence of surrounding materials and their conditions relating to the formation of ice (including icicle formation))

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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

Tanja Odinsen

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425649

Email

Tanja.Odinsen@rssb.co.uk