Official UK procurement notice
976595394 Market Engagement Questionnaire for T1400 Demonstrating the visibility and illumination of rolling stock external lighting
Authority: Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis project aims to:
•Provide a defined list of variables that could impact front-end lighting intended to indicate the presence of a train to persons on or near the line
•Provide insight on front-end lighting used on GB rolling stock; and the assumptions made on their visibility
•Indicate the degree of warning provided (in terms of distance between an oncoming train and the viewer) by front-end lighting that is:
oCompliant with LOC&PAS (Rolling stock - Locomotive & Passenger) NTSN requirements
oInstalled on pre-TSI (Technical Specification for Interoperability) vehicles, including yellow front-ends
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), 11 September 2025 setting out your potential interest and further information you believe to be relevant using the structure.
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CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- 28 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051997- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f65Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published28 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
- Market engagement11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
A full procurement is planned to be published in September 2025.
- Contract starts361 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Aug 2025, 14:05 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender