Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 110/2008
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147931-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Rail Safety & Standards Board,
Supply Chain Department, 7th Floor, Evergreen House, 160 Euston Road
***please note - EOI are requested to be sent by email electronic copy
only***, Attn: Procurement, UK-London NW1 2DX. E-mail:
procurement@rssb.co.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.rssb.co.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: RSSB, Evergreen House 160 Euston
Road, Contact: procurement@rssb.co.uk, UK-London NW1 2DX. E-mail:
procurement@rssb.co.uk. URL: www.rssb.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
RSSB, Evergreen House 160 Euston Road, UK-London NW1 2DX. E-mail:
procurement@rssb.co.uk. URL: www.rssb.co.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: RSSB, Evergreen House
160 Euston Road, UK-London. E-mail: procurement@rssb.co.uk. URL:
www.rssb.co.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Railway Safety.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
RSSB1339 - Support to the railway industry in developing tactical and
strategic solutions for addressing alcohol-related problems on the
railways.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 08.
Main place of performance: RSSB London.
NUTS code: UKI.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): RSSB 1339 -
Support to the railway industry in developing tactical and strategic
solutions for addressing alcohol-related problems on the railways The Rail
Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is requesting expressions of interest
from suppliers for two separate but related ‘applied research’ work
streams that address alcohol-related problems on the railways. These
problems include staff and passenger abuse and assaults, intoxicated
customers’ lack of awareness of personal safety risks on railway property,
and the poor perception of personal safety by rail customers due to
drunken behaviour of customers and members of the public. (The scope will
not include the risks associated with staff alcohol abuse.) Work stream A
will look at the nature, scale and impact of the problems, identify and
evaluate (quantitatively and qualitatively) any tactical measures already
in place within the rail industry and elsewhere, and develop toolkits for
railway companies that will provide advice on how to deal with the
problems in the short-to-medium term. The supplier for work stream A
should have previous experience in quantitative and qualitative risk
analysis for complex social issues. The supplier will need to demonstrate
excellent written and presentational skills, as they will be required to
present the results in varying format for different audiences, and develop
guidance and possibly web-based toolkits for the rail industry. Work
stream B will look at developing a strategic plan that addresses
alcohol-related problems on the railways in the medium-to-long term. This
strategic plan will be developed in conjunction with key stakeholders both
inside and outside the railway community including staff, passengers,
police and government agencies. The supplier for Work stream B should have
previous experience in facilitating high-profile strategic initiatives
with industry and/or government agencies. They should be skilled in the
development of PR and communications material, workshop/forum facilitation
and the coordination of consultation processes. RSSB is requesting
expressions of interest from interested suppliers, and consortia, for one
or both work streams. A good working knowledge of the rail industry would
be advantageous but is not mandatory for either work stream. The supplier
should provide an outline methodology for each work stream to demonstrate
their understanding of what is required. They should also provide details
of one or more projects that they have been involved with that demonstrate
their relative experience and abilities. The information provided, (both
methodology and relevant experience together), should be no greater than
two pages of A4 per work stream. RSSB may request that suppliers attend a
short interview to discuss the methodologies and relevant experience
outlined in their expression of interest. Due to the diversity of skills
required for the two different work streams, it is anticipated that the
work streams will be tendered separately. Further details on the types of
activities that are envisaged for the work streams are provided below.
________________________________________________________________ Work
steam A – Understanding the extent to which alcohol contributes to
personal safety risk on the railways and the evaluation of tactical
solutions that address this alcohol-related risk A supplier is required
for research to understand the extent to which alcohol contributes to
personal safety risks (staff, customer and members of the public) on the
railways, and to support RSSB with the evaluation of tactical solutions
that address alcohol-related risk on the railways. Key activities are
likely to include: • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the nature,
scale and impact of alcohol-related personal safety risks on the railways.
• Identification of initiatives within the rail industry, other transport
sectors (eg ferry, airline, light rail), and other industries (eg NHS,
pubs and clubs), that are already in place to mitigate the risks
associated with intoxicated customers and members of the public. •
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the effectiveness of these
current initiatives. • Toolkits/guidance that helps the industry decide
what to do in the future in respect of improving safety and security at
railway stations and on trains. The supplier will work closely with the
RSSB and British Transport Police (BTP) intelligence analysts. They will
provide expert guidance to the analysts on what quantitative data analysis
should be carried out with the information currently held within the BTP
and RSSB databases. They should also support (and provide training to) the
analysts on any complex statistical analysis required. A key aspect of
this project will be that all information, knowledge and skills gained
from the quantitative analysis will remain within the rail industry. The
supplier should have previous experience in quantitative and qualitative
risk analysis for complex social issues. They should be skilled in
statistical analysis but should be able to present the results of the
evaluations in varying format for different audiences. The supplier should
have excellent written and presentational skills, as they will be required
to develop guidance and possibly web-based toolkits for the rail industry.
A good working knowledge of the rail industry would be advantageous but is
not mandatory. Work stream B – Development of strategic plan to address
alcohol-related problems on the railways A supplier is required to support
RSSB with the development of a strategic plan that will address
alcohol-related problems on the railways. This plan should consider issues
such as staff and passenger abuse and assaults, poor perception of
personal safety by rail customers due to drunks, and intoxicated
customers’ lack of awareness of personal safety risks on railway property.
New additional research on alcohol-related problems and their impact is
excluded from the scope of this activity. The supplier will liaise with
the RSSB intelligence analysts, the supplier carrying out Work stream A
(see above) and experts on general alcohol-related issues in order to
harvest key supporting evidence on the nature, scale and impact of
alcohol-related problems. This evidence should highlight the need for a
railway strategic plan. The scope is likely to include the development and
implementation of a multi-stakeholder engagement plan; as key stakeholders
need to be implicitly involved with the development of the strategic plan
and supportive of the key actions identified in it. RSSB is looking for
the supplier to propose novel and effective ways of ensuring full
engagement and support from key stakeholders both inside and outside the
railway community including the police, government agencies, special
interest groups and other industries and other countries that have similar
problems (eg the airline and ferry industries, where passengers are also
contained whilst travelling). The supplier will need to work with key
stakeholders to identify and develop options for addressing
alcohol-related problems on the railways. A consultative exercise may be
required to assess the viability of the options and the likely support
from railway customers for key measures that may affect them. RSSB would
like proposals from the supplier on how to identify and develop these
options, and how to gain sufficient support from key stakeholders on
sensitive measures. The supplier should have previous experience in
facilitating high-profile strategic initiatives with industry and/or
government agencies. They should be skilled in the development of key PR
and communications material, workshop facilitation and the coordination of
consultation processes. A good working knowledge of the rail industry
would be advantageous but is not mandatory.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72316000, 73000000,
73110000, 73200000, 73210000, 73220000, 73300000, 74130000, 74131000,
74131100, 74131110, 74131120, 74131121, 74131130, 74131200, 74131300,
74131400, 74131500, 74131600, 74132000, 74133000, 74140000, 74141000,
74141300, 74141600, 74141610, 74141620, 74141700, 74861000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Support to the railway industry in
developing tactical and strategic solutions for addressing alcohol-related
problems on the railways The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is
requesting expressions of interest from suppliers for two separate but
related ‘applied research’ work streams that address alcohol-related
problems on the railways. These problems include staff and passenger abuse
and assaults, intoxicated customers’ lack of awareness of personal safety
risks on railway property, and the poor perception of personal safety by
rail customers due to drunken behaviour of customers and members of the
public. (The scope will not include the risks associated with staff
alcohol abuse.) Work stream A will look at the nature, scale and impact of
the problems, identify and evaluate (quantitatively and qualitatively) any
tactical measures already in place within the rail industry and elsewhere,
and develop toolkits for railway companies that will provide advice on how
to deal with the problems in the short-to-medium term. The supplier for
work stream A should have previous experience in quantitative and
qualitative risk analysis for complex social issues. The supplier will
need to demonstrate excellent written and presentational skills, as they
will be required to present the results in varying format for different
audiences, and develop guidance and possibly web-based toolkits for the
rail industry. Work stream B will look at developing a strategic plan that
addresses alcohol-related problems on the railways in the medium-to-long
term. This strategic plan will be developed in conjunction with key
stakeholders both inside and outside the railway community including
staff, passengers, police and government agencies. The supplier for Work
stream B should have previous experience in facilitating high-profile
strategic initiatives with industry and/or government agencies. They
should be skilled in the development of PR and communications material,
workshop/forum facilitation and the coordination of consultation
processes. RSSB is requesting expressions of interest from interested
suppliers, and consortia, for one or both work streams. A good working
knowledge of the rail industry would be advantageous but is not mandatory
for either work stream. The supplier should provide an outline methodology
for each work stream to demonstrate their understanding of what is
required. They should also provide details of one or more projects that
they have been involved with that demonstrate their relative experience
and abilities. The information provided, (both methodology and relevant
experience together), should be no greater than two pages of A4 per work
stream. RSSB may request that suppliers attend a short interview to
discuss the methodologies and relevant experience outlined in their
expression of interest. Due to the diversity of skills required for the
two different work streams, it is anticipated that the work streams will
be tendered separately. Further details on the types of activities that
are envisaged for the work streams are provided below.
________________________________________________________________ Work
steam A – Understanding the extent to which alcohol contributes to
personal safety risk on the railways and the evaluation of tactical
solutions that address this alcohol-related risk A supplier is required
for research to understand the extent to which alcohol contributes to
personal safety risks (staff, customer and members of the public) on the
railways, and to support RSSB with the evaluation of tactical solutions
that address alcohol-related risk on the railways. Key activities are
likely to include: • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the nature,
scale and impact of alcohol-related personal safety risks on the railways.
• Identification of initiatives within the rail industry, other transport
sectors (eg ferry, airline, light rail), and other industries (eg NHS,
pubs and clubs), that are already in place to mitigate the risks
associated with intoxicated customers and members of the public. •
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the effectiveness of these
current initiatives. • Toolkits/guidance that helps the industry decide
what to do in the future in respect of improving safety and security at
railway stations and on trains. The supplier will work closely with the
RSSB and British Transport Police (BTP) intelligence analysts. They will
provide expert guidance to the analysts on what quantitative data analysis
should be carried out with the information currently held within the BTP
and RSSB databases. They should also support (and provide training to) the
analysts on any complex statistical analysis required. A key aspect of
this project will be that all information, knowledge and skills gained
from the quantitative analysis will remain within the rail industry. The
supplier should have previous experience in quantitative and qualitative
risk analysis for complex social issues. They should be skilled in
statistical analysis but should be able to present the results of the
evaluations in varying format for different audiences. The supplier should
have excellent written and presentational skills, as they will be required
to develop guidance and possibly web-based toolkits for the rail industry.
A good working knowledge of the rail industry would be advantageous but is
not mandatory. Work stream B – Development of strategic plan to address
alcohol-related problems on the railways A supplier is required to support
RSSB with the development of a strategic plan that will address
alcohol-related problems on the railways. This plan should consider issues
such as staff and passenger abuse and assaults, poor perception of
personal safety by rail customers due to drunks, and intoxicated
customers’ lack of awareness of personal safety risks on railway property.
New additional research on alcohol-related problems and their impact is
excluded from the scope of this activity. The supplier will liaise with
the RSSB intelligence analysts, the supplier carrying out Work stream A
(see above) and experts on general alcohol-related issues in order to
harvest key supporting evidence on the nature, scale and impact of
alcohol-related problems. This evidence should highlight the need for a
railway strategic plan. The scope is likely to include the development and
implementation of a multi-stakeholder engagement plan; as key stakeholders
need to be implicitly involved with the development of the strategic plan
and supportive of the key actions identified in it. RSSB is looking for
the supplier to propose novel and effective ways of ensuring full
engagement and support from key stakeholders both inside and outside the
railway community including the police, government agencies, special
interest groups and other industries and other countries that have similar
problems (eg the airline and ferry industries, where passengers are also
contained whilst travelling). The supplier will need to work with key
stakeholders to identify and develop options for addressing
alcohol-related problems on the railways. A consultative exercise may be
required to assess the viability of the options and the likely support
from railway customers for key measures that may affect them. RSSB would
like proposals from the supplier on how to identify and develop these
options, and how to gain sufficient support from key stakeholders on
sensitive measures. The supplier should have previous experience in
facilitating high-profile strategic initiatives with industry and/or
government agencies. They should be skilled in the development of key PR
and communications material, workshop facilitation and the coordination of
consultation processes. A good working knowledge of the rail industry
would be advantageous but is not mandatory.
II.2.2) Options: No.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Work Stream A
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Understanding the extent to which alcohol
contributes to personal safety risk on the railways and the evaluation of
tactical solutions that address this alcohol-related risk.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72316000, 73000000, 73110000,
73200000, 73210000, 73220000, 73300000, 74130000, 74131000, 74131100,
74131110, 74131120, 74131121, 74131130, 74131200, 74131300, 74131400,
74131500, 74131600, 74132000, 74133000, 74140000, 74141000, 74141300,
74141600, 74141610, 74141620, 74141700, 74861000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Work Stream B
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Development of strategic plan to address
alcohol-related problems on the railways.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72316000, 73000000, 73110000,
73200000, 73210000, 73220000, 73300000, 74130000, 74131000, 74131100,
74131110, 74131120, 74131121, 74131130, 74131200, 74131300, 74131400,
74131500, 74131600, 74132000, 74133000, 74140000, 74141000, 74141300,
74141600, 74141610, 74141620, 74141700, 74861000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Parent company or other
guarantees may be required.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Jont and several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
RSSB Terms and Conditions (will be included in the ITT).
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A statement
from the candidate that none of the grounds of Article 29 of Directive
92/50 EEC is applicable or if any are applicable, please provide full
details of circumstances.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Annual reports and
accounts (or equivalent information, summary, balance sheet etc) for the
candidate in its three (3) financial years most recently ended. Please
note: It is not necessary to provide the complete performance
report/brochure.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: A statement of capacity and capability
with respect to the services required together with examples of
similar/appropriate contracts performed and of customers who can attest to
the candidates performance.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The
supplier should provide an outline methodology for each work stream to
demonstrate their understanding of what is required. They should also
provide details of one or more projects that they have been involved with
that demonstrate their relative experience and abilities. The information
provided, (both methodology and relevant experience together), should be
no greater than two pages of A4 per work stream. RSSB may request that
suppliers attend a short interview to discuss the methodologies and
relevant experience outlined in their expression of interest. A good
working knowledge of the rail industry would be advantageous but is not
mandatory for either work stream.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
RSSB 1339.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 4.7.2008 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
12.7.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This notice is for potential suppliers to
Express an Interest in tendering for this work and is NOT a tender at this
stage. Submitting an EOI does not ensure you will be invited to tender -
the panel will select potential suppliers once all EOI have been received.
Suppliers should clearly define which work stream they are submitting an
EOI for. RSSB's preference is to contract with one supplier. RSSB
anticipates that some organisations may need to collaborate in order to
provide the solution required. RSSB does not require any additional
information other than that requested within the posting. RSSB does not
have any additional information to issue at this stage. RSSB does not
provide a template for responses. Due to the high number of responses
feedback on non-selection will not be provided. For more information on
RSSB please refer to www.rssb.co.uk When submitting your EOI please ensure
it is one file only and only sent to procurement@rssb.co.uk Please ensure
the subject header is clearly marked "EOI for RSSB1339".
Allegato A: II) Indirizzi e punti di contatto presso i quali sono
disponibili il Capitolato d'appalto e la documentazione complementare
(inclusi i documenti per il dialogo competitivo e per il sistema dinamico
di acquisizione): Indirizzo postale: All information is contained within
this posting. Any questions should be emailed to procurement@rssb.co.uk.
When submitting your EOI please ensure it is one file only and only sent
to procurement@rssb.co.uk. Please ensure the subject header is clearly
marked "EOI for RSSB1339".
Allegato A: III) Indirizzi e punti di contatto ai quali inviare le
offerte/domande di partecipazione: Indirizzo postale: All information is
contained within this posting. Any questions should be emailed to
procurement@rssb.co.uk. When submitting your EOI please ensure it is one
file only and only sent to procurement@rssb.co.uk . Please ensure the
subject header is clearly marked "EOI for RSSB1339".
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.6.2008.
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