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26.05.22

Hello and welcome!


Today we are in Birmingham helping the VolkerFitzpatrick/VolkerRail JV (both members of the community) with their Meet the Buyer event.  This is really great opportunity for members of the community as well as exposure for us as a business support service.  We also have some plans for further supplier engagement days with other organisations, which we will be sharing with you soon.

Our next RBD Community Event: 15/6/22:



Hear about opportunities for SMEs from the Institute of Railway Research, The Smart Rolling Stock Maintenance Research Facility.

There will also be a tour of the Institute’s facilities included in the day where we will hear from SMEs that are already engaged with the Rail Sector. Our event sponsor, Arcadis will be speaking about depot design for the 21st Century and will be joined by two other members of the RBD Community. Click HERE to book your place.

Station to Station: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - your opportunity to buy a Limited Edition "Your Railway, Our Community Jubilee Brochure". Railway Benefit Fund, Save the Children UK, Railway Children, RAILWAY MISSION, and Women in Rail will receive £5 from every purchase.  Click here to buy - https://lnkd.in/euS8e87E

Will you be at Rail Live on the 22/23 July?  This is one of the highlights in the UK rail calendar and we are looking forward to meeting up with members visiting and attending.  If you are attending and would like to arrange to meet, email eli@railbusinessdaily.com.
A huge congratulations to the Rail Business Daily team who conquered the Yorkshire Three Peaks last Friday to help raise money for the Railway Children charity.  Please click HERE for the full story.



Don't forget to scroll down to view rail opportunities! Take care and have a great rest of the week,

Warmest wishes,


Eli 
Head of RBD Community


p.s. If you missed last week's newsletter - please click HERE to view.  Have a great rest of the week.
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RBD Community Member News

Ref-Flow - Re-flow talks about its community and networking experience at Railtex/Infrarail | RailBusinessDailyThe team from Re-flow Field Management made their rail industry debut at the historic London Olympia, showcasing their award-winning field operations software for rail at Railtex / Infrarail.

Auctus Management - as part of the Pedal to Paris fundraising event, Team Auctus will once again take to the roads of the UK and France.  The team will cycle from London to Paris on a four-day charity bike ride, raising essential funds towards The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal. All event costs have been covered by the company, so 100% of all proceeds will go directly to The Royal British  .  If you  are interested, please contact monica.barbosa@rssinfrastructure.com, and if you wish to proceed as a sponsor, please donate to our Team Auctus JustGiving page: click HERE.  

Once you have donated the money, please send a vector/high resolution version of your logo to Auctus Marketing Manager: peter.lowe@auctusmg.co.uk so he can add it to the jersey, ready for print.


VolkerRail Multi-million-pound upgrade begins on Hope Valley railway line - VolkerRail - Ground-breaking work on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade – a rail reliability upgrade between Manchester and Sheffield - will start later this month.

Scott Parnell - 
NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT - Footprint Modular Platform. 
Visit their stand at Rail Live E27 to find out more.

New Community Members

We offer a very warm welcome to everyone. For a full view of all of your fellow members in the community, please visit the RBD Directory If you are a new member and are waiting for your mention, please bear with us while we catch up as we have had so many companies joining us in the last 6 months.  
dormakaba UK & Ireland is a member of the dormakaba group. We can now offer you an expanded, comprehensive portfolio of services within security and access for rooms and buildings.
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Nitroca is much more than a Contracts Electronics Manufacturer, they have a full range of value added activities that allows them to be your manufacturer, advisor & partner. Beyond its standard service offering, Nitronica offer many value added activities such as design and test development capabilities. 
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Marlec was formed in 1978 in Rutland – the smallest county in the UK – by our founder John Fawkes who subsequently received a Wind Energy Pioneer award from the British Wind Energy Association. As an early-retired successful engineer and businessman he was asked to investigate methods of keeping batteries topped up on farms to operate electric fence units located away from the grid. The solution was the Rutland Windcharger a simple, reliable, quiet and efficient wind driven battery charging generator.
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Phoenix Contact is a globally present, Germany-based market leader. Our group is synonymous with future-oriented components, systems, and solutions in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, and automation. A global network across more than 100 countries and 17,600 employees ensure close proximity to our customers, which we believe is particularly important.
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Founded in 1989, AET is one of the largest and fastest growing sub contract engineering companies in the North of England, with a highly skilled and experienced workforce utilising the very latest technology.  Situated in Sheffield, the company operates from a 65,000 square feet manufacturing facility on a 2 ½ acre site
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Grants & Funding, Opportunities & Items of Interest

DfT and associated bodies listing of future commercial contracts (commercial pipeline)

The commercial pipeline provides a forward look of potential commercial activity over the next 18 months including all projects at an anticipated procurement value of £2 million and over. This information is for reference only and this makes no commitment that:

  • the requirements identified in the table will be procured
  • the annual value of any contract will be as stated
  • the timings of any future procurement exercises will be as stated
  • these opportunities will be available to all suppliers

The application approach for these projects has not yet been determined. Similar listings are available for Network RailHS2 and National Highways.


Provision of Short Term Maintenance Services for the Class 222 Fleet - ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED.  EMR have a requirement for the maintenance of the Class 222 fleet under a new Train Services Agreement to be agreed. It should be noted that this service will only be required for 6-8 months from the January of 2023.This is to bridge the gap between the expiry of the existing maintenance contract and the exit of the fleet from the EMR stable. Deadline: 1 July 2022. Click HERE for full details.


HS2 Market Sounding: On-Track Machines (OTM)

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (HS2 Ltd) is writing to invite your organisation/ business networks to participate in a market sounding exercise regarding the supply and maintenance of a fleet of On-Track Machines (OTMs) to maintain the infrastructure of HS2, Britain’s new high-speed zero-carbon railway.  We invite you to review the Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) which HS2 Ltd published on Find a Tender on 03/05/22.  Please kindly provide your feedback by a deadline of 5pm UK GMT on Tuesday 7th June 2022


Calling SMEs for First of a Kind (FOAK):

High Speed 1 is looking for innovative SMEs to support (& wider industry) for FOAK 2022! 
HS1 Ltd want to support businesses as part of a consortium. They’ve delivered some fantastic innovation initiatives over the last few years and want to continue in this way, supporting those with great ideas! If you’d like to collaborate with High Speed 1, contact innovation@highspeed1.co.uk


Costain Group PLC is looking to support SMEs with their innovation work too! Costain is an integrator for projects and has a wealth of experience (and a wide network) that can be leveraged for success.  If you would like to seek support or collaborate with Costain for FOAK, contact shakil.ahmed@costain.com!
Innovate UK Smart Grants: April 2022 - UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
  • Competition opens: Monday 25 April 2022
  • Competition closes: Wednesday 27 July 2022 11:00am

Major East West Rail contract set out in DfT listing | RailBusinessDaily The East West Rail contract is for a construction phase main civil works partner or partners, with a procurement start date pencilled in as August 2024, work starting 2025 and finishing about 2032.

First of a Kind 2022 - Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7.6 million (inclusive of VAT). There are 3 open competitions for First of a Kind this year all closing 8th June;

This competition aims to demonstrate innovations to stakeholders and railway customers in a representative railway environment. 


Road Rail vehicle Consultancy support services - Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail "IE" has a requirement for Road Rail Vehicle "RRV" Consultancy support services. Opportunities will be offered to suitably qualified candidates to tender for services to support IE in the safe operation of RRV' s on the IE rail network.  Please click HERE for details.


Supply, Installation and Repair of Bus Shelters:

Lot 1 - Supply and installation of various types of bus shelters throughout the Falkirk area.
Lot 2 - Repairs of bus shelters throughout the Falkirk area

Framework for a 3 year term. Estimated date of publication of contract notice 1 July 2022- Click HERE


TfL plans to commence a procurement exercise in September 2022 for a TfL Video Management System (TVMS).  Click HERE for details.


Provision of on-street new infrastructure which will include new shelters and bus stops, in addition to ongoing maintenance and repair works to existing stock consisting of circa 4,000 shelters and 10,000 bus stops. Click HERE for details.

Industry Trade Events and Conferences 20222 (May to July)

Wednesday 22nd June 2022, 9.15am – 3pm, Wakefield

 
Rolling Stock Networking (17 July)  - "i-Zone" at RSN2022. This new initiative will complement the other RSN activities taking place and will provide a comprehensive business support area offering delegates and exhibitors the opportunity to access high quality rail business support and advice. For further details please click HERE
 
June
20 to 26/06 - Rail Safety Week
22/06 - Big Rail Diversity Challenge
22 to 23/06 - Rail Live, Long Marston, Warwickshire
22 to 24/06 - Asia Rail Solutions, Kuala Lumpur
22/06 - UKTram Best Practice 2022
30/10 - Amazon Every Woman in Transport & Logistics Awards, London
 
July
06/07 Rail North: Leeds "Levelling up the North" (Peloton Event) 
07/08 - Rolling Stock Networking, Derby
 
August
 
September
08/09 - Rail Infrastructure Networking, Derby
08/09 - Rail Scotland (formerly Rail North of the Border) Peloton Event
15/09 - UKTram Summit
20 to 23/09 - InnoTrans, Berlin
29/09 - Transcity Rail North, Manchester 
 
October
19/10 Rail North: 2022 - Peloton Events (peloton-events.co.uk)
 
November
02 to 03/11 - Advanced Engineering, Birmingham
03/11 Rail Cymru Dinner 2022 - Peloton Events (peloton-events.co.uk)
09/11 - Scandinavian Rail, Stockholm
17/11 - Rail Infrastructure Networking, York
22/23 - Modern Railways EXPO 2022 https://www.modernrailways.com/expo
25/11 - Railway Ball, London


RSN 2022, Derby Arena, 7th July
RSN 2022 is a full-scale, international rail show focused specifically on Passenger and Freight Rolling Stock, Technical Enhancements, Depot Equipment, Ancillary Services and the Rail Supply Chain in 2022.

The show offers low-cost, high-quality, rail market access to companies of all sizes – giving you the opportunity to secure new business and develop and strengthen relationships. 
Free to attend.
 
Register Here

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