Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Atkins Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Electrical installations for railways (CPV 34632300)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 003634-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2021
- Published23 Feb 2021Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
The Digital Railway Programme (DRP) requires a capability to test interoperability between multiple manufacturers' equipment and enable adherence to the relevant Technical Specifications of Interoperability (TSIs) in relation to trackside and on-board ETCS equipment. It is envisaged that the core requirements will comprise the delivery of a System Integration (SI) lab that can provide a single testing platform system that is capable of integrating and testing different suppliers' Trackside and Onboard ETCS products for different projects within the scope of the DRP. NR will appoint a managed service provider for these testing services. This will include scenario testing of all ETCS equipment (hardware, software and comms) against the known and constantly updated configuration of the network which will provide early identification of any issues in advance of equipment installation and will therefore de-risk ETCS rollout costs and timescales.
About the supplier
Atkins Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00688424).