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1015007208 T1403 - Preventing unsolicited brake applications: A new approach to PassComm system design
Published 17 Feb 2026
17 Feb 2026
Closed 20 Mar 2026
- Primary CPV
-
73110000 *
Research services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Camden and City of London, London
- Value
- £75,000
- Contract
-
9 months Duration
13/04/2026 12/01/2027
- Contract Types
-
73 *Research & development servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
25 Fenchurch Avenue, London, London, EC3M 5AD, United Kingdom · UKI31
Contact
Award Criteria
- W2 Tenderer’s understanding and methodology (30%)
- W3 Tenderer’s experience and individual expertise (30%)
- W4 Project management: Planning and engagement (15%)
- W5 Project management: Risks and opportunities (5%)
- W6 Cost of project (20%)
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Reference: 1015007208
This research will explore whether changes in system logic, design, or supporting processes could reduce unnecessary emergency stops between stations while preserving the ability to effectively respond to PTI or other genuine emergencies.
This work directly supports the Rail Delivery Group’s Network Performance Board and its Performance Restoration Framework pillar ‘Keeping Trains Safely Moving’. It also aligns with the Rail Technical Strategy’s Critical Enabler ‘Optimised Train Operations’ and RSSB’s Rail Health and Safety Strategy (RHSS). This work is sponsored by the Operations Standards Forum (OSF) and supported by the Better Operations and Programme Board (BOPB).
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./HD746MYX6H
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/HD746MYX6H
Full CPV breakdown
- 73110000 — Research services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Other public body
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- No
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Submission method
- https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/
- Enquiries close
- 9 Mar 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 17 Feb 2026 12:06
- Deadline
- 20 Mar 2026 12:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0655e1
- Notice ID
- 1015007208
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | RSSB |
| Address › Street | 25 Fenchurch Avenue, London |
| Address › Town / city | London |
| Address › Postcode | EC3M 5AD |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI31 |
| Role | buyer |
| Classification › Description | Public undertaking |
Buyer
| Name | RSSB |
Tender
| Title | 1015007208 T1403 - Preventing unsolicited brake applications: A new approach to PassComm system design |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › Description | Research services |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £90,000 |
| Value › Value | £75,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Below threshold - open competition |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| How to submit | https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/ |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Bidding period › End | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £90,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £75,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | W2 Tenderer’s understanding and methodology |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 30 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | W3 Tenderer’s experience and individual expertise |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 30 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | W4 Project management: Planning and engagement |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight | 15 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | W5 Project management: Risks and opportunities |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Weighting › Weight | 5 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Name | W6 Cost of project |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Weighting › Weight | 20 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 12 Jan 2027 |
| Document › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014248-2026 |
| Document › Published | 17 Feb 2026 |