Published date: 15 May 2018

Last edited date: 15 May 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: 21 May 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Telecommunication consultancy services - 71316000

  • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

EC2M 2RB

Value of contract

£20,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

RSSB2701 - Innovation Programme Promotional Content Promotion of the RSSB Innovation Programme and C

Published date

15 May 2018

Closing date

21 May 2018

Contract start date

29 May 2018

Contract end date

13 July 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

Introduction and Background
The railway industry in Great Britain is undergoing a significant period of change, with growth in passenger and freight custom to levels not seen for many years. In response to this, the industry is investing in trains, stations, infrastructure and service provision. In turn the industry seeks to improve its financial performance and efficiency, so railway users and taxpayers get better value for money. It became clear that the growing demand for services within the constraints faced required new and innovative ways to meet the expectations of rail customers.
To support this drive for improvement, the industry developed the Rail Technical Strategy, which describes a range of solutions to its main technical challenges over the next thirty years. Parallel to this the RSSB Innovation Programme (IP) was developed providing access to opportunities and funding for organisations and innovators. The IP supports the industry and the supply chain in the development of innovation capabilities, networking and partnership. The IP stimulates the market for railway innovation through the delivery of competitions, grants, commercial pilots and demonstrators.

Project Context

At present the IP are expanding their current service offering to include a full-service consultancy for innovation support that can be tailored to the client's needs. As a result the IP are seeking to appoint an external consultant to develop new promotional digital media content.
The objectives of this would firstly be to highlight the existing success of the IP and to explain the function of the programme. To date the IP have initiated 340 projects with approximately 220 companies. Secondly the IP would like to showcase how some of these success stories have successfully transitioned from other sectors and are pushing the boundaries of innovation within the rail industry.

Proposed content must:

1) Endorse RSSB IP as the spearhead for innovation and change and as a gateway to the industry.
2) Promote awareness of the IP and capability available.
3) Showcase some existing successful projects delivered by the IP.
4) Highlight that future opportunities within the rail industry are vast.
5) Embody the vision of future technology and the realms of possibility, inspiring new entrants into the industry.
6) Garner input from all industry sectors and show that their potential solutions are crucial and desired and that proven technology from other industries could potentially be applied to rail.
7) Demonstrate that companies of all sizes have a part to play and so proposed content should also seek to motivate SMEs.
8) Ultimately generate business and a client base for the IP consultancy.

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About the buyer

Contact name

R&D Business Partner

Address

THE HELICON 1 SOUTH PLACE
LONDON
EC2M2RB
England

Telephone

020 3142 5300

Email

Shareditt@rssb.co.uk