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title: "RSSB2676 - Identifying potential rail capital carbon case studies and producing carbon templates"
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# RSSB2676 - Identifying potential rail capital carbon case studies and producing carbon templates

Buyer: RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ed27ec6a-15b5-4599-bb64-c09248c40cd6

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## Summary

The Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited is currently conducting a procurement process titled "RSSB2676 - Identifying potential rail capital carbon case studies and producing carbon templates," focused on the rail industry. This project falls under the services category, specifically research and development consultancy services, located in London, England. The procurement is at the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 6th February 2018. The open procedure allows for wide participation, with a budget range of £8,000 to £10,000 for the project, which aims to address the need for sustainable development within the rail sector by reducing carbon emissions linked to infrastructure developments.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in research and consultancy, particularly those with expertise in carbon management, sustainability practices, and infrastructure development. Firms capable of analysing and leveraging data to provide innovative solutions for the rail industry’s carbon reduction goals would be particularly well-suited to compete. The engagement with various organisations and projects through this opportunity may lead to collaborative partnerships and valuable insights for businesses aiming to expand their footprint in the transport and sustainability sectors.

## Notice

The Rail Industry operates in a context that is undergoing rapid change shaped by external pressures including an increase in extreme weather events, growing demands on infrastructure and a shifting policy environment, such as Brexit. These changes present new risks and opportunities across the industry - especially those areas with a long-term planning cycle such as infrastructure. Locking in resilient infrastructure will protect value, secure Britain's railways and prepare the organisation for long-term success. It is imperative the rail industry further embed and adopt an approach to measure, manage and reduce carbon emissions associated with rail infrastructure developments. First published in 2009, and updated and re-launched in May 2016 the Rail Sustainable Development Principles (accessible here) define what sustainable development means for the railway. For carbon, this means the industry has a need to focus on increasing our understanding of this and targeting opportunities to reduce the carbon and cost in new projects. This project will support the industry to help meet this vision through utilisation of existing data to support future projects to baseline, assess and ultimately reduce their carbon emissions (and cost!). Currently there are 680 users and 82 projects within the Rail Carbon Tool. At this number of projects there is an opportunity to use the data within the tool to: a) Identify capital carbon case studies. This could include case studies featuring: overall purpose/goal of the assessment, uses and design changes because of the output (especially those that demonstrate lower carbon/lower cost), boundaries of the assessment, quantification of the project and lifecycle, for example carbon hotspots, use of key performance indicator (i.e. kilograms (kg) of CO2e, m2 gross internal floor area or km of rail), verification, PAS2080 b) Identify templates within those project's carbon assessment (or trees as they are known in the Rail Carbon Tool) that would be useful to others and can be validated to become generic template items to build on the number of rail templates within the tool (of which there are currently 562). 2 Project objectives Engage and work with organisations (see examples in Table 2) and projects (see examples in Table 1) that have used the Rail Carbon Tool to make calculations to seek agreement to obtain access to their data and information to: 1. Develop at least 5 case studies of best practice and/or guidance of projects that have used the Rail Carbon Tool. These would be able to demonstrate the work that the rail sector is undertaking to reduce capital carbon. As mentioned above these case studies could feature: overall purpose/goal of the assessment, uses and design changes because of the output (especially those that demonstrate lower carbon/lower cost), boundaries of the assessment and potential guidance for boundaries for other rail projects,

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1819b7ff-c3f6-4b79-b6f2-d9c7cb15fc63 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jan 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Feb 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 19 Feb 2018 - 28 Jun 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2M 2RB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Bunhill |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 23 Jan 2018 at 11:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1819b7ff-c3f6-4b79-b6f2-d9c7cb15fc63

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1819b7ff-c3f6-4b79-b6f2-d9c7cb15fc63
  23rd January 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/20561868-b401-42ed-9784-f6ddc21ff363
  RSSB2676 - Identifying potential rail capital carbon case studies and producing carbon templates
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/60d7c5ae-9279-46ed-ae5e-e0b9e05a105d
  RSSB2676 - Identifying potential rail capital carbon case studies- Research&Development Terms & Conditions

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