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Published 16 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

942051957 IMP-T1327 Market Engagement Questionnaire: Compatibility of heights of standard vehicle gauges with low contact wire heights

Official notice

Authority: Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£100,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 May 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 moends 31 May 2026 · starts 31 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RSSB is planning to commission research to carry out a gauging and electrical clearance analysis to advise on the compatibility of the maximum height of standard vehicle gauges with minimum overhead line contact wire heights.

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CPV: Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 942051957 IMP-T1327Planned 10 mo
Contract period: 31 Jul 2025 – 31 May 2026 (10 mo)
73110000 Research services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
16 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
6 May 2025, 16:07 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019184
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503e5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Apr 2025 → 31 Jul 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    6 May 2025, 16:07 BST
  3. Market engagement
    15 May 2025, 00:59 BST

    Questionnaire

  4. Tender notice expected
    20 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    31 Jul 2025

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 May 2025, 16:07 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVGN-9767-BLPT 25 Fenchurch Avenue,, London, London, EC3M 5ADContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure