Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales / Procurement of Wayside Information Management System - WS12352

Rail Corporation New South Wales (“RailCorp”) is a New South Wales Government Agency constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988 (NSW), with responsibility for the provision of passenger rail services within New South Wales.

Communications and Control Systems (“C&CS”) Division is part of RailCorp’s Asset Management Group and is responsible for the specification, design, provision and future strategy of train control systems, communication networks, voice communication, automatic train protection, train radio communication systems and wayside systems.  C&CS is the group responsible for the wayside systems network and which is issuing this Request for Proposal.

Currently, RailCorp has a number of wayside systems within the network that records various wayside parameters on various wayside system platforms such as weighbridges, Acoustic Bearing Monitors, Hotbox Detectors and Wheel Condition Monitoring Systems.

The objectives of this project are as follows:

a)       Provision of the various deliverables (including hardware, software and services) to deliver the requisite functionality in a new Wayside Information Systems network in order for RailCorp to meet its commercial obligations;

b)       Provision of a Wayside Information System based on tried and proven technologies;

c)       Ability for the system to perform consistently as required throughout its service life;

d)       Provision of support services including corrective maintenance, preventative maintenance, supply of spares & equipment, general system support and the supply of training services for the duration of its service life;

e)       Provide RailCorp with the ability to provide an aggregated view of all wayside systems data;

f)         Provide RailCorp with the ability to implement data analytics tools to analyse the collected data; and

g)       Improve the efficiency of RailCorp management systems for processing alarms and alerts information to stakeholders and enhancing the productivity benefits of automation.

Suppliers to note that a confidentiality deed need to be executed prior receiving the tender document.

In order to gain access to the Request For Tender documents, Tenderers are required to register their interest by sending an email to procurement@railcorp.nsw.gov.au and include the following; 1) Event Title, 2) RFT  ID , 3) Organisation Name, 4) ACN/ ABN, 5) Contact Name, 6) Organisation/Contact Postal Address, 7) Contact Email Address, 8) Contact Phone No