Computer-related services

Tender description

Rail Settlement Plan (RSP) is a company owned by Train Operating Companies franchised to operate train services in Great Britain. It provides a range of largely IT based services to those operators as well as open access operators, third party providers of information and retail services including the capture of rail ticket transaction records for accurate and timely allocation and settlement of revenues. In order to capture, apportion and settle rail ticket transactions as well as providing a full range of management information capabilities, a number of systems and services are required. RSP wishes to procure the replacement systems and services which are described in summary in this notice. The systems and services are categorised as: The system design, development, application management, hosting and support for the capture, validation and apportionment capabilities associated with rail ticket transaction records (the ‘Data Capture and Apportionment Service’); The system design, development, application management, hosting and support for the accounting and settlement system (the ‘Settlement Service’); The system design, development, application management, hosting and support for an apportionment factor behavioural modelling system for the allocation of through and inter-available rail ticket transactions (the ‘ORCATS Service’); The system design, development, application management, hosting and support for a data repository and reporting portal used by data owners to access industry data and pre-defined settlement reports (the ‘Data Warehouse Service’); and The system design, development, application management, hosting and support for an account maintenance portal used by settlement parties to view and request settlement account changes (the ‘Portal Service’). Further detail of RSP's requirements for the Services is available in the PQQ documentation but full requirement details shall be provided in the invitation to tender made available to short-listed respondents. Respondents are invited to bid for any combination of the services set out in this notice. The duration of any contract awarded under this notice would be 60 months from the introduction into live service (go live) of the specified service.