Official UK procurement notice
Infrastructure Monitoring Location Positioning
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHistorically inspection and analysis of ultrasonic rail flaws has been a largely manual activity that required regular intrusive access to the infrastructure. The use of ultrasonic walking stick and hand probe equipment meant that this remained a labour-intensive exercise. Manual inspection also didn’t necessarily identify all the areas of concern on the network as quickly or frequently. As a result, a train borne measurement system was developed and Ultrasonic Testing Units (UTUs) were introduced.
A fundamental part of any train borne inspection process is a method of reliably, repeatably and accurately positioning measurements against a fixed reference. This ensures that maintenance teams are dispatched to the correct location to verify suspect locations identified by the UTUs. The positioning system currently deployed on the UTU fleet has been in existence since their introduction in the early 2000s.
What is now required is a further step change in terms of absolute positional accuracy and a positioning service that further improves service resilience and is capable of supporting future recording system modernisation.
CPV: Global navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent) · Information technology services · Vehicle location system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Network Rail are seeking to identify a solution that provides absolute positional…Planned
Network Rail are seeking to identify a solution that provides absolute positional accuracy and a positioning service for data that is collected from Ultrasonic Testing Units collected from a train borne measurement system.
The purpose of this PIN is to:
a) Engage with suppliers to generate and register interest.
b) Provide clarity on the requirement and indicative procurement timelines.
c) Identify the existing solutions available in the market and solutions that are likely to be ready within 6-12 months of this notice.
d) Obtain feedback in relation to the requirement as currently defined so Network Rail can consider any suggested changes or updates before issuing the potential future tender.
e) Ensure suppliers who are interested in any potential future tender activity relating to this requirement, are aware of the procurement platform and provide them with the steps to register on this platform (should they not have already done so).
Responding to this PIN is an excellent opportunity to engage, share relevant information and provide each other with feedback. Should you wish to respond to this PIN please follow the instructions below:
- Follow the link: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “#35112 - UTU Locational System Tender - AIS”.
- Click on the attachment “Ultrasonic Rail Testing Data positioning - RFI Submission Template”. Suppliers should be responding to questions in the excel document.
- Once completed please send your RFI Submission Template via email to: [email protected] with the email subject " Ultrasonic Rail Testing Data positioning RFI".
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
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- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Feb 2024, 10:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2024, 10:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003313- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04363dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Feb 2024 → 1 Oct 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published1 Feb 2024, 10:32 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
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