Rail Safety and Standards Board: GB-London: T1193-02 - Understanding the functional requirements for train driver alertness and attention monitoring devices

Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-London: T1193-02 - Understanding the functional requirements for train driver alertness and attention monitoring devices
2. Awarding Authority:
    RSSB
    1 South Place, London, EC2M 2RB, United Kingdom
    Tel. 020 3142 5300, Email: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk, URL: www.rssb.co.uk
    Contact: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk, Attn: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk
3. Contract Type: Services
      Sub Type: Research and development services.

4. Description: Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research services. The objective of this work package is to review physiological and behavioural indicators and associated measurement techniques that could be used to monitor or measure loss of alertness or attention. This will include, where available, quality of evidence, validity, reliability and operability in or transferability to the real-world train driving context. This work package will produce three deliverables:
•A spreadsheet of indicators of attention or alertness and associated measurement techniques
•A literature review report on indicators of attention or alertness and associated measurement techniques, which discusses the spreadsheet above
•A (very) short document outlining recommendations for functional requirements and evaluation criteria for technologies that claim to monitor alertness or attention
By understanding the evidence on indicators and measurement techniques, their strengths and limitations, and recommended functional requirements, the GB rail industry will be able to:
1.Generate research-based functional requirements which take into account what is feasible from a scientific and technological perspective.
2.Carry out a well-informed desk-based evaluation of technologies that have been put forward by suppliers, taking into account research evidence.
5. CPV Codes:
   73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   73110000 - Research services.

6. NUTS Codes :
   UKI - LONDON

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: LONDON,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: T1193-02 - Understanding the functional requirements for train driver alertness and attention monitoring devices
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category K:10K to 25K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 25/10/2019 15:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
    RSSB
    1 South Place, London, EC2M 2RB, United Kingdom
    Tel. 020 3142 5300, Email: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk, URL: www.rssb.co.uk
    Contact: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk, Attn: timothy.batkin@rssb.co.uk
   
12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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TKR-2019927-PRO-15412291
Suitable for VCO: No
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 30/11/2019
Period of Work End date: 29/02/2020
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no