Published date: 14 October 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation - 34000000
Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts - 34600000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
TSC001-DN576173-46467032
Published date
14 October 2021
Closing date
29 October 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
22 November 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
We are looking to procure a company to provide expertise to the rail innovation factory core team
We anticipate this engagement will include:
1.1 Work with the BDM for rail to maintain a stakeholder engagement strategy, while engaging with new and existing key customers at director and programme manager level.
1.2 Set up and chair collaborative interactions with key customer stakeholders, such as ideation workshops, in order to develop an understanding of technical challenges.
1.3 Work with the rail portfolio team to define challenges, assess and prioritise, and then present back to the customer.
1.4 Work with technical team and BDM to shape technical projects around challenges, and agree these with customer stakeholders at appropriate levels, e.g. technical leadership, budget holders, etc.
1.5 Investigate potential collaborative opportunities for technical innovation that could be delivered through CPC's network, drawing on expertise of other CPC colleagues and the customer
1.6 Understand the offering of CPC from across the rail portfolio and more widely, with the aim of introducing rail customers to opportunities to innovate technology and address technical challenges
1.7 Contribute to bid development with understanding gained through customer interactions in order to ensure proposals are in line with customer requirements.
About the buyer
Contact name
Raj Ragiwala
Address
3rd Floor, The Pinnacle 170 Midsummer Boulevard
170 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP
England
Telephone
+447864987110
raj.ragiwala@cp.catapult.org.uk
Website
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