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Innovation Design Contest - Rail Revolution

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD

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16 Sep 2021 at 21:45

Summary of the contracting process

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd is planning an Innovation Design Contest titled "Rail Revolution" aimed at procuring innovative IT services to address key challenges in the rail sector, specifically focused on performance, customer experience, and asset management. Key challenge statements include enhancing car parking information for passengers, consolidating facility data, improving safety at level crossings, understanding passenger demand, and developing an advanced planning tool for infrastructure works. The submission deadline for feedback is 24th September 2021, with the expected submissions for proposals due by 30th September 2021, all occurring within the UK.

This tender presents lucrative opportunities for companies specialising in IT services, software development, and consultancy, particularly those with experience in real-time data integration, usability design, and safety solutions within the transport sector. Businesses that can offer innovative responses to the identified challenges and demonstrate safety and customer benefit stand to gain from collaboration with a major player in railway services, potentially paving the way for ongoing partnerships and projects in the evolving landscape of railway infrastructure.

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Notice Title

Innovation Design Contest - Rail Revolution

Notice Description

Network Rail are running a Design Contest to procure Innovative solutions to our business problems. Representatives from our regions and members of wider industry selected 3 key challenge themes 1. Performance, 2. Customer Experience, 3. Asset Management. Based on criteria, the project team and participants then selected a range of challenge statements to take forward to be solved in an Innovation Design Contest. The challenge statements are as follows: Station car parking - NR is looking to provide rail passengers with more information about car parking space availability at their chosen station in advance of their journey. The aim of the information is to enable effective decision making about using the car park as part of their rail journey. This would enable rail passengers to plan an element of their journey that can be unpredictable and stressful. Station Facilities - NR is looking to bring together information about services and facilities. How might we bring together a number of disparate and unlinked datasets into one place? The data will include a mix of real-time automated datasets and manually updated inputs Level crossing gates - NR is seeking a reliable means of preventing gates at a User Worked Crossings being left open or detecting when the gate has been left open by a user so that action can be taken to avoid or reduce the impact of a hazardous event. Passenger Demand and service levels - NR are seeking ways to understand and model passenger demands in order to align planning activities more accurately, i.e. develop robust timetable and plan contingency for disruption. NR would like to produce a multi-disciplinary Digital Twin Model for use in Asset Management creating a 3D graphic virtual model of the infrastructure. Planning tool for infrastructure works - NR is looking for a planning tool that could provide a robust plan of work that is taking place on the infrastructure which would include GPS enabled possession and worksite boards. We are unaware if suitable solutions already exist which solve our challenges, likewise we recognise that to realise these ambitions will require collaboration across the industry. Innovation will be essential, and best practice from other sectors should be embraced. The purpose of this PIN is to: * Understand if the market can meet the needs set out by the challenges proposed * To assess the range of solutions that exist which may meet our ambition to tackle our challenges across 3 themes. Therefore, we have key questions we want to test with the market 1. Which of the challenges can you provide a solution to? 2. Can you provide us the key details of your solution that has the potential to solve the identified challenge statements? 3. What risks do potential participants foresee and how could these be overcome? 4. Does your solution have clear benefits for passengers? 5. Is safety at the heart of your solution? To obtain this feedback we invite suppliers to provide a short information note (providing considerations to the questions above). For more information on this and to receive the PIN supplemental please email to catherine.burgess@networkrail.co.uk by the 24th September 2021 We want a fast turn around of responses and expect submission of proposals by the 30/9/21.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Network Rail are running a Design Contest to procure Innovative solutions to our business problems. Representatives from our regions and members of wider industry selected 3 key challenge themes 1. Performance, 2. Customer Experience, 3. Asset Management. Based on criteria, the project team and participants then selected a range of challenge statements to take forward to be solved in an Innovation Design Contest. The challenge statements are as follows: Station car parking - NR is looking to provide rail passengers with more information about car parking space availability at their chosen station in advance of their journey. The aim of the information is to enable effective decision making about using the car park as part of their rail journey. This would enable rail passengers to plan an element of their journey that can be unpredictable and stressful. Station Facilities - NR is looking to bring together information about services and facilities. How might we bring together a number of disparate and unlinked datasets into one place? The data will include a mix of real-time automated datasets and manually updated inputs Level crossing gates - NR is seeking a reliable means of preventing gates at a User Worked Crossings being left open or detecting when the gate has been left open by a user so that action can be taken to avoid or reduce the impact of a hazardous event. Passenger Demand and service levels - NR are seeking ways to understand and model passenger demands in order to align planning activities more accurately, i.e. develop robust timetable and plan contingency for disruption. NR would like to produce a multi-disciplinary Digital Twin Model for use in Asset Management creating a 3D graphic virtual model of the infrastructure. Planning tool for infrastructure works - NR is looking for a planning tool that could provide a robust plan of work that is taking place on the infrastructure which would include GPS enabled possession and worksite boards. We are unaware if suitable solutions already exist which solve our challenges, likewise we recognise that to realise these ambitions will require collaboration across the industry. Innovation will be essential, and best practice from other sectors should be embraced. The purpose of this PIN is to: * Understand if the market can meet the needs set out by the challenges proposed * To assess the range of solutions that exist which may meet our ambition to tackle our challenges across 3 themes. Therefore, we have key questions we want to test with the market 1. Which of the challenges can you provide a solution to? 2. Can you provide us the key details of your solution that has the potential to solve the identified challenge statements? 3. What risks do potential participants foresee and how could these be overcome? 4. Does your solution have clear benefits for passengers? 5. Is safety at the heart of your solution? To obtain this feedback we invite suppliers to provide a short information note (providing considerations to the questions above). For more information on this and to receive the PIN supplemental please email to catherine.burgess@networkrail.co.uk by the 24th September 2021.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e1c5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023122-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72400000 - Internet services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

73100000 - Research and experimental development services

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Sep 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 2DN
Post Town
North West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Regent's Park
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Further Information

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