FW049 Common Safety Method (CSM) and Interoperability Framework

This Framework is being established to deliver professional services in both Common Safety Method (CSM) and Interoperability for Translink’s infrastructure department. The type of Work Packages that may be commissioned via the Framework will typically comprise the following:

• Deliver the services of Accredited Notified Body (NoBo), Designated Body (DeBo) and Assessment Body (AsBo), or future iterations of these roles. Suppliers should have the ability to undertake these roles both in the UK and an EU Member State, in order to be proactive to changes in Regulations that are applicable to Northern Ireland or on cross-border projects (e.g., Belfast-Dublin line).
• Provision of Independent Safety Assessments and Railways Product Certification services for the safety approval of products and systems.
• Able to provide test and measurement services for the rail sector, including components, products and Signalling products.
• Support Translink in achieving any necessary authorisations, through compliance assessment and certification to compile the relevant assessment outputs and offer constructive and objective feedback throughout the process.
• Compile the NoBo or DeBo file for submission to the National Safety Authority or the European Union Agency for Railways.
• Provide training to members of Staff on Interoperability and CSM to ensure process steps and requirements of the legislation are fully understood. The Supplier will deliver any Work Packages in line with the NIR Infrastructure and Project Change Management Policy - Framework – Guidance (I/SYP/POL/1801) for CSM and Interoperability. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.