Official UK procurement notice
966848603 T1387 Exploring methods to monitor and model the safety risk of ETCS as it is introduced to the network
Authority: Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRSSB seeks to procure research to address the following research objectives:
•Investigate and agree on a suitable set of failures, hazards, and other incident precursors that risk intelligence systems could gather when ETCS is fitted.
•Determine how to use this information to estimate safety risk in a robust, evidence-based method.
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CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£75,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- W2 Tenderer’s understanding and methodology: 30%
- W3 Tenderer’s experience and individual expertise: 25%
- W4 Project management: Planning and engagement: 20%
- W5 Project management: Risks and opportunities: 5%
- W6 Cost of project: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- W2 Tenderer’s understanding and methodology
- W3 Tenderer’s experience and individual expertise
- W4 Project management: Planning and engagement
- W5 Project management: Risks and opportunities
- W6 Cost of project
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041410- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05625cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
18 Jul 2025 → 9 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts9 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published18 Jul 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender