Rail Safety and Standards Board: Market Engagement Exercise - T1393 - Occupational health risks in depots relating to silica dust for sanders

UK-London: Research services.

Scope

Scope: Market Engagement Exercise - T1393 - Occupational health risks in depots relating to silica dust for sanders

Description:

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 12:00, 11 July 2025
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./5HDPWJ52FH

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5HDPWJ52FH

Total value (estimated):

GBP 100,000 excluding VAT GBP 120,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

01/09/2025 to 01/03/2026

CPV Classifications:

73110000 - Research services.

Not Provided    

Engagement

Engagement deadline
15/07/2025
The engagement was carried out before this notice was published. Engagement process description:
This project aims to:
•Improve the GB rail industry’s understanding and identify appropriate mitigations to the exposure risks associated with the creation of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and non-crystalline (amorphous) silica for staff when undertaking sander replenishment, maintenance and testing activities in depots, sidings and within passenger trains that are fitted with internal sand fillers.
•Provide enhanced knowledge on how the risk of RCS and amorphous silica compares between sand alternatives and GB rail sand.

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), 15th July 2025 setting out your potential interest and further information you believe to be relevant using the structure suggested below:
1.Proposed methodology, including an explanation of industry engagement, site visits and analysis that will be carried out. This should include information about the scale of data required, and whether this data is already held or access to it can be facilitated
2.List of key risks associated with the work
3.Estimated timescales
4.Indicative breakdown of costs
Acknowledgement that RSSB will not provide individual feedback on MEQ responses but may share high-level outcomes of the engagement phase after the tender has been published.

For context only, RSSB anticipates this project will be in the region of £100k excl. VAT (£120k incl. VAT), but this is subject to refinement ahead of the formal ITT
The response will be submitted via the Delta e-sourcing portal. We expect the project to commence no later than September 2025 and take no more than 6 months to complete. The full Invitation to Tender (ITT) is anticipated to be issued in late July 2025.

Contracting authority

       RSSB, PVGN-9767-BLPT
       25 Fenchurch Avenue, London, London, EC3M 5AD, United Kingdom
       Tel. 020 3142 5351, Email: procurement@rssb.co.uk
       Contact: Procurement Team

Organisation type: BODY_PUBLIC
Devolved regulations that apply: None