Notice Information
Notice Title
Market Engagement Exercise - T1393 - Occupational health risks in depots relating to silica dust for sanders
Notice Description
We are inviting suppliers to provide us a short summary of their capabilities and experience in this subject area to help us deliver a successful project. We welcome collaborative submissions or consortia, where expertise may be shared between organisations. If responding jointly, please specify the lead contact and delivery roles for each party. We are seeking to receive a response by 12:00, 11 July 2025 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./5HDPWJ52FH To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5HDPWJ52FH
Planning Information
This project aims to: •Improve the GB rail industry’s understanding and identify appropriate mitigations to the exposure risks associated with the creation of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and non-crystalline (amorphous) silica for staff when undertaking sander replenishment, maintenance and testing activities in depots, sidings and within passenger trains that are fitted with internal sand fillers. •Provide enhanced knowledge on how the risk of RCS and amorphous silica compares between sand alternatives and GB rail sand. We are inviting suppliers to provide us a short summary of their capabilities and experience in this subject area to help us deliver a successful project. We welcome collaborative submissions or consortia, where expertise may be shared between organisations. If responding jointly, please specify the lead contact and delivery roles for each party. We are seeking to receive a response by 12:00PM (GMT), 15th July 2025 setting out your potential interest and further information you believe to be relevant using the structure suggested below: 1.Proposed methodology, including an explanation of industry engagement, site visits and analysis that will be carried out. This should include information about the scale of data required, and whether this data is already held or access to it can be facilitated 2.List of key risks associated with the work 3.Estimated timescales 4.Indicative breakdown of costs Acknowledgement that RSSB will not provide individual feedback on MEQ responses but may share high-level outcomes of the engagement phase after the tender has been published. For context only, RSSB anticipates this project will be in the region of £100k excl. VAT (£120k incl. VAT), but this is subject to refinement ahead of the formal ITT The response will be submitted via the Delta e-sourcing portal. We expect the project to commence no later than September 2025 and take no more than 6 months to complete. The full Invitation to Tender (ITT) is anticipated to be issued in late July 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05569c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036367-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73110000 - Research services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 1 Mar 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RSSB
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- procurement@rssb.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 020 3142 5351
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC3M 5AD
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Aldgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036367-2025
1st July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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