Published date: 21 January 2022

Last edited date: 4 March 2022

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 March 2022, 2pm

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

BIP659748959

Published date

21 January 2022

Closing date

7 March 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

11 April 2022

Contract end date

13 March 2023

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 04 March 2022 for the following reason: Please note that the tender submission deadline has been extended by 24 hours from 07/03/22 14:00 to 08/03/22 14:00.(The primary aim of T1266 project is to determine the effects of replacing the 'brake force' metric for defining brake performance with 'braked weight percentage' or Lambda for dissemination to the rail freight community. Using a mix real-word data and modelling, it will consider the use of "default" values (based on minimum braking performance requirements described in GMRT2045) compared to actual Lambda values explore possible improvements in freight operations, including improved permissible speeds, pathing and operational reliability.)

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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

Tanja Odinsen

Address

The Helicon, 1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425349

Email

Tanja.Odinsen@rssb.co.uk