Published date: 27 May 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: 28 June 2021, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP597144761

Published date

27 May 2021

Closing date

28 June 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

26 July 2021

Contract end date

26 May 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

This project aims to provide the GB rail industry with best practice guidance for guard-controlled door operations that optimised dwell time and safety.
To achieve this objective the project will:
•Review different methods of working for guard-controlled door operations identified on the GB network and comparable railway systems. It will take into consideration the tasks and processes associated with train arrival, dwelling and departing from a station.
•Cover all scenarios where the guard has any safety critical role in door operations. This includes Driver Open, Conductor Close operations and TRTS / CD / RA platform dispatch.
•Consider all aspects that impact the time taken to undertake methods of working for guard-controlled door operations. This includes mechanical and physical processes (e.g. length of hustle alarm) as well as activities undertaken directly by the guard.
•Use real-world data to characterise how long different methods of work across the network (by different TOCs) take in practice.
•Undertake safety risk analysis to identify and assess risks associated with tasks undertaken directly by the guard and other (physical and mechanical) processes.
•Characterise how risk is affected by any potential changes to methods of working using appropriate risk analysis techniques (for example, hierarchical task analysis). It will consider if extended time taken introduces additional risk at the PTI and how this compares to current methods of working.
•Use the desk-based review, real-world data and risk analysis to identify best practice guidance for guard-controlled door operations covering a significantly board set of scenarios captures the majority of guard-based door operations on the GB network.
•Use real-world data to compare dwell times with NR timetable planning figures to identify if dwell allocations accurately reflect the time taken by guards.

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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

Agnes Guedj

Address

The Helicon, 1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425351

Email

agnes.guedj@rssb.co.uk