RSSB2745 - Dynamic Timetabling - Scope of work

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Dynamic Timetabling - Scope of work RSSB is looking to develop the scope for a potential £3m competition in the 'dynamic timetabling' space. This will involve interviewing key industry stakeholders and managing a workshop to produce a proposed scope of work for the competition. Work Required: To understand current activity within the existing and future RSSSB R&D and Innovation Portfolios that may have relevance to dynamic timetabling, in particular the FuTRO and PERFORM programmes of work. Additionally, some work with the Network Rail Digital Rail Programme to understand their planned activities and aspirations and ensure coherent activity takes place. Finally, it will be required to map the work to the Rail Technical Strategy (RTS) Capability Delivery Plan (CDP) to demonstrate that any proposed competition or activity undertaken fits within the delivery pathway for the RTS. It will be required to engage through appropriate mechanisms and forums with key stakeholder groups and organisations in particular Vehicle/Train Control and Communication Systems Interface Committee (V/TC&C SIC) and the Rail Delivery Group as examples. From these inputs it is expected that a gaps and opportunities analysis will be done that will form the basis for a competition. Areas of overlap across the various industry programme should also be identified and recommendations for how this should be tackled provided. Key deliverables 1) Web-based search on Dynamic timetabling, including on sparkrail.org 2) Interviews with PERFORM Programme manager, FUTRO chairman and Network Rail Digital Rail Programme 3) Management and facilitation of an Industry workshop to agree a scope of work for a competition in Dynamic Timetabling. 4) Short report providing outputs from interviews, workshop and agreed scope for a competition Resource Around 25 days for web searches, interviews and facilitation of industry workshop. Writing up outputs. Timescales To be completed by 7th December 2018 Out of Scope Preparation of Internal RSSB Gate Paper Documentation, and subsequent administration and management of any competition. Skills and Experience Required Previous, demonstrable, experience of scoping innovation competitions for Innovate UK, RSSB or other innovation funding organisations, ideally within a rail context. Desirable Existing knowledge of the FuTRO programme, Existing contacts at senior levels within the Digital Rail Programme and VT C&C SIC A good understanding of the RTS CDP and in particular Key Capability 01 (Closer Running of Trains) and Key Capability 07 (Services Timed to the Second)