Published date: 20 September 2019

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: 18 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP431053191

Published date

20 September 2019

Closing date

18 October 2019

Contract start date

1 November 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2020

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

The overall objective of this research project is to support the efforts of the rail sector to make more of the data they hold available for wider use to provide benefits both within and outside of the rail sector. This research is aimed at the need for sector-specific guidance to help rail firms decide and prioritise which data to release and how to release it.
The research should help the industry with
•Barriers to opening up data and mechanisms to overcome them, including technical, financial, legal and security barriers.
•Approaches to opening up data and associated benefits and disbenefits, including open access, restricted access and charged access
•Approaches to the valuation of the benefits of opening up data, including the identification of the beneficiaries
The outcome should be a recommended approach to data valuation and a process for the rail sector to prioritise the opening up of data sets.

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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

timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk

Address

1 South Place
London
EC2M 2RB
UK

Telephone

02031425300

Email

timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk