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

RSSB · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 05:07.

Opportunity overview

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

Classification

  • CPV73110000 — Research services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05569c
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
1 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
036367-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
1 Jul 2025, 12:05

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
15 Jul 2025, 23:59
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.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PVGN-9767-BLPT
Name
RSSB

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC3M 5AD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
25 Fenchurch Avenue, London

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicUndertaking
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public undertaking

Identifier

Id
PVGN-9767-BLPT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Procurement Team
Telephone
020 3142 5351

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · EC3M 5AD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05569c-2025-07-01T12:05:06+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·