Freight Loads Book Digitisation

Tender description

Network Rail maintain the United Kingdom’s railway infrastructure including 20,000 miles of track and 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts. The Loads Book are key documents that outline the maximum tonnages and lengths a freight service can convey across our infrastructure. We have one Loads Book per Region, and they are currently Excel based. Each Region is split junction to junction, and users must piece together national freight journeys. Digitisation is needed to make interpreting this information easier, to ensure less human error and to save the user time. Furthermore, the current Excel format provides minimal governance and control. Users can simply download the document and may not be aware of changes. We will require added layers of governance and control by adding audit trails with commentary fields and fail-safe capabilities for newly added values. Finally, the aim is to produce a standalone map which visualises capability. Lot 1: The aim of this project is digitising the freight load book and optimising further benefits, including but not limited to: • Adding LOR (Lines of Route) for alignment with TPS • Splitting junction to junction into TIPLOC to TIPLOC, for alignment with TPS • Adding all loop lengths to further demonstrate network constraints • Incorporating Charter Trains information • Introducing search/filtering functionality to increased user friendliness • Introducing audit trail functionality and free text to ensure control and governance • Introducing an assurance process when new values are added • Inputting/exporting data Additional information: To respond to this RFI please complete the attached document titled “Freight Loads Book Digitisation– RFI Submission Template”, this can be accessed via the link and instructions below. 1. Follow the link - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html 2. From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “Pre-Market Engagement: Freight Loads Book Digitisat