Published date: 21 October 2020

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: 26 November 2020, 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

BIP534318445

Published date

21 October 2020

Closing date

26 November 2020

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

29 January 2021

Contract end date

29 October 2021

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

This project will deliver:
•A recommended set of, or options for, mechanisms, including policy, regulatory, standards, funding, contractual, economic and performance management, that may be applied within the rail industry to incentivise whole-life, whole-system decarbonisation, evaluated against possible future industry structures and commercial arrangements
•An economic and financial appraisal of options, both individually and in combination, showing how they will be able to deliver interim and long-term decarbonisation targets in line with agreed decarbonisation pathways
•Recommendations on implementation, including appropriate oversight bodies, both existing and proposed, to the extent known during the course of the project, for the management and delivery of decarbonisation incentive mechanisms

More information

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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

Tim Batkin

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425300

Email

timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk