Official UK procurement notice
Health and Safety Authority to Work System
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn order to fulfil our operating licence and comply with obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (“Act”), Network Rail must have a system to provide rules and decisions to assure the Health and Safety of everyone accessing and working on our controlled infrastructure within the industry.
When a worker accesses the infrastructure, we need to be assured that:
They are ‘Sponsored’ by a company who are authorised to put people to work on the infrastructure
They have been assessed to be medically fit (or medical fit with restrictions) to undertake the required tasks
They have not failed a drugs and alcohol test
They hold the appropriate skills and training (competences) to access the managed infrastructure and undertake the tasks required
They are not at risk of fatigue
For further information relating to current service and solution in place, using the instructions below please review the document “Health & Safety Authority to Work System Supporting Document”, for high level requirements and submit the “Health & Safety Authority to Work System – RFI Submission Template”
Follow the link - networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “ Health & Safety Authority to Work System".
Click on the attachment – “Health & Safety Authority to Work – RFI Submission Template” or “Health & Safety Authority to Work System Supporting Document”
Please note that planning and competence management is out of scope of this project, any data that is captured is only to inform the decision of authority to work.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of this RFI is to engage with the supply base and request information…Planned
The purpose of this RFI is to engage with the supply base and request information relating to the existing workforce management solutions available in the market that can meet our requirements, specifically this RFI will look to address the following areas :
Explore what technical solutions and workflows have been used by vendors to implement similar capability
Having an overview of supplier experiences, demonstrating delivery to similar industries and complexities
Insight to case studies of examples of similar solutions provided to their customers
Understanding learnt lessons from vendor experience
Vendor ROM costs for similar solutions enabling us to better estimate out costs
Vendors providing an outline in how the discovery phases and delivery phases would be approached
Insight into vendor ROM delivery timescales
Utilising the responses to help frame the requirements that we may not have considered
Ensure we have value for money during this procurement event
Please note that any content received via response to this RFI will be used purely for information purposes only and will not be deemed as forming part of any proposed bid now, or any potential future tender.
Network Rail may be looking to tender this requirement in the near future, any potential tender event in relation to this requirement will maybe issued via the Network Rail procurement platform – BravoNR, issued through the Technology - Supplier Qualification System (SQS), under one of the following categories
Software as a Service - Quality, Health, Safety & Wellbeing
The SQS has been established to provide a single platform for suppliers to register against multiple technology specific categories. Qualification will negate the need for a supplier to complete Network Rail’s mandatory and discretionary questions every time they are invited to participate in a competitive process. Registered and qualified suppliers on the SQS can be considered by Network Rail for contract opportunities without further notification of requirements published via Find a Tender Service.
If you wish to be invited to any potential tender opportunity in relation to this requirement then please refer to the link and instructions below which contains documents that provides detail on:
How to register an account for BravoNR
An overview of the Technology – Supplier Qualification System and the Dynamic Purchasing System
The instructions on how to register and qualify for the SQS and select technology categories
Follow the link - networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “Pre-Market Engagement: Health & Safety Authority to Work System".
Should you have any questions regarding this registration process then please contact alex.jerome@networkrail.co.uk.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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 Aug 2022, 09:26 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2022, 09:26 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022916- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035fc9Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please note any discussions which do occur will cease immediately should a formal competition ultimately be announced. Network Rail is committed to ensuring fairness, openness and transparency, and to following UK procurement regulations. The Periodic Indicative Notice is issued solely for the purpose of conducting pre-procurement market engagement via a request for information and does not constitute any commitment to undertake any procurement in the future. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the PIN event and a response to this PIN does not guarantee any invitation to participate in this event or any future procurement. This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services, supplies or works mentioned in this PIN and Network Rail will not accept any proposals offered in response to this PIN. Network Rail is not liable for any costs, fees, or expenses incurred by any party in replying to or attending any PIN event. Any procurement of any services, supplies or works by Network Rail will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. Should you wish to respond to this RFI please complete the attached document titled “Health & Safety Authority to Work System – RFI Submission Template”, this can be accessed via the link and instructions below. Follow the link - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “Health & Safety Authority to Work System ". Click on the attachment – “Health & Safety Authority to Work System – RFI Submission Template” Supplier responses should be responding to questions with excel document, as well as preparing a demonstration/presentation of their capabilities that can be shared within scheduled workshop Once completed please send your excel submission document via email as attachment to alex.jerome@networkrail.co.uk with the email subject "Health and Safety Authority to Work System RFI". The response deadline for this RFI is 28th September 2022. Suppliers who respond to this request for information who meet our requirements will be provided with the opportunity to demonstrate their solution to the Network Rail project team via Microsoft Teams within a 2 weeks’ period from 24th October 2022, the session will be held for an hour with approximately 30 mins for questions. The RFI demonstration meeting is exploratory only and does not form part of a competitive tender exercise. All discussion and related RFI demonstration collateral shall not be shared with any third parties; The meeting will be recorded and only shared with those individuals who form part of the project team. This will be for audit purposes and to share with any of the project team unable to make the demonstration. If you do not wish for your demo to be recorded, then please make this known to procurement in advance. Any questions or clarifications in respect of this RFI should be addressed to alex.jerome@networkrail.co.uk. Network Rail would like to thank you in advance should you wish to respond to this Request for Information
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Aug 2022 → 1 Mar 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Aug 2022, 09:26 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Mar 2023
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