Published date: 4 March 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: 7 April 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

BIP576249903

Published date

4 March 2021

Closing date

7 April 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

3 May 2021

Contract end date

25 February 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

RSSB intends to procure research that is proposed to assess the feasibility, and potential criteria and mechanisms of an incentivisation scheme for rail, helping to ensure that should such a scheme be introduced, rail is able to steer the direction appropriately.
The aim of T1236 is to assess the feasibility of a potential emissions reduction incentivisation scheme for rail. The research aims to answer the following research questions:
•Whether incentivisation of emissions reductions should be network wide or just in metropolitan areas, and where the boundaries should typically be?
•What level of incentivisation would be required to achieve a reduction in emissions whilst ensuring rail remains competitive compared to other transport modes?
•How the incentivisation would be administered and how the funds raised could be used to achieve the required emission reduction?

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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

02031425351

Email

Tanja.Odinsen@rssb.co.uk