Published date: 9 January 2018

Last edited date: 9 January 2018

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 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Personnel-training services - 79632000

  • Personal development training services - 80570000

Location of contract

EC2M 2RB

Value of contract

£90,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

RSSB2669 - Sustainability Capacity Building

Published date

9 January 2018

Closing date

12 January 2018

Contract start date

5 February 2018

Contract end date

30 March 2018

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?

No

Description

The Rail Industry operates in a context that is undergoing rapid change shaped by external pressures including an increase in extreme weather events, growing demands on infrastructure and a shifting policy environment, such as Brexit. These changes present new risks and opportunities across the industry - especially those areas with a long-term planning cycle such as infrastructure. Locking in resilient infrastructure will protect value, secure Britain's railways and prepare the organisation for long-term success. It is imperative the rail industry embed sustainable thinking into rail decision making and policy processes. Building sustainable development capacity in the industry's executive leaders will help contribute to meeting this ambition.
First published in 2009, and updates and re-launched in May 2016 the Rail Sustainable Development Principles (accessible here) define what sustainable development means for the railway. These principles form an important part of the rail franchising process though there is still much effort needed to embed the principles into everyday business decisions.
This programme will support the adoption of these principles and is part of a wider rail sector initiative designed to build awareness amongst key decision makers across the UK rail industry around critical sustainability issues and related risks and opportunities facing the sector. It will also be designed to inspire an ongoing collaboration amongst these key actors to overcome critical barriers to change and respond positively to priority opportunities for action.

2 Project objectives
The principles objectives of this programme are to:
• Build a shared understanding of sustainability development within the rail industry executives and senior managers.
• Establish points of reference including the scale, urgency and direction of sustainability issues based on robust evidence.
• Demonstrate how other sectors, organisations and leaders are responding to changes in their marketplace.
• Demonstrate what individuals can do within their roles to change their behaviour and influence others.
• Provide strategic context and support the leadership development of senior staff.
• Help people understand and have the confidence to demonstrate role model behaviours.
• Support open and honest conversation of specific barriers to greater sustainability and how these can be addressed.
• Equip individual learners with knowledge, insights and confidence to reconcile commercial and strategic needs with the changing context and turn these into practical actions.

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About the buyer

Contact name

R&D Business Partner

Address

The Helicon
1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
England

Email

Shareditt@rssb.co.uk