Published date: 16 October 2017

Last edited date: 16 October 2017

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: 19 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

EC2M 2RB

Value of contract

£20,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

RSSB2659 - TOC17 Outreach Determine potential suppliers for the TOC17 competition and engagement act

Published date

16 October 2017

Closing date

19 October 2017

Contract start date

23 October 2017

Contract end date

31 December 2017

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

RSSB is seeking quotes for the following work.

Please submit quotes for the following work, also having viewed the attached by the closing date of Thursday 19th October 5pm, to the following email address:

Shareditt@rssb.co.uk

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Introduction and Background
Following the success of previous RSSB innovation competitions such as ROC1, TOC15 and TOC16, RSSB is preparing for the launch of TOC17, which will aim to address challenges currently faced by Train Operating Companies (TOCs).

As with TOC16, the TOC17 competition will also emphasise the need for collaborative entries, with a focus on performance and reliability and encouraging greater collaboration between a wider range of key railway delivery stakeholders, i.e. ROSCOs, Infrastructure Managers and suppliers as well as TOCs.
It is anticipated that by taking this approach a broader range of innovation can be achieved that may have impact at a route and/or network level.

Project Context

RSSB are seeking to appoint an external consultant to provide resources to investigate potential suppliers for the proposed TOC17 competition on behalf of the RSSB Innovation Programme. This will be a co-funded innovation competition funded under state aid General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) mechanism.
Following a workshop held on September 19th 2017 with a range of industry representatives it has been decided that the focus of the competition will be on performance and reliability. Within that context bidders will be encouraged to address one or more of the following themes:
1. Towards zero emissions
2. Minimal disruption to trains
3. Operations timed to the second.
These themes are defined in more detail in Appendix 1 as part of the output from the TOC17 workshop.
The selected contractor will undertake the tasks and provide the deliverables in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) under the direction of the Project Manager (PM), and in accordance with the requirements of this Invitation to Tender (ITT) and any Purchase Order placed subsequent to this ITT.

Output required

The outputs required from this contract are

a) A report and distribution list outlining the potential stakeholders and cross industry suppliers that have been discovered or contacted, and how they can fit into the proposed TOC17 competition.
b) Facilitation of a briefing and collaboration event w/c December 4th 2017 (date and location to be finalised) including securing and managing attendance from stakeholders and suppliers identified in (a)

Phases of Work

The work is made up of one phase, being an investigation leading to a summary report and distribution list culminating in a competition briefing networking event.

This ITT is a request for a priced proposal and the successful bidder will be appointed as the facilitator of the workshop under instruction of RSSB as part of the TOC17 competition.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

R&D Business Partner

Address

The Helicon
1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
England

Email

Shareditt@rssb.co.uk