Infrastructure Monitoring Video Service Requirements

Tender description

Historically, Network Rail railway infrastructure surveying has required a boots on ballast approach, involving people walking the track to gain both infrastructure and lineside intelligence. This could include but not be limited to; site surveying for renewals work, infrastructure and asset condition monitoring, seasonal management, access point location review/identification, monitoring security and areas prone to graffiti, signal sighting reviews etc. Where possible, Network Rail has made a conscious decision to invest in systems which enable these activities to take place from the comfort and safety of an office environment. By utilising video footage of the railway network, captured from multiple different sources, this allows a digital view of the network to be pieced together and made accessible nationwide to both Network Rail employees and Network Rail stakeholders alike. Network Rail are looking to procure solutions that will enable effective capture, storage, visualization, and exploitation of video data of the railway network. The key elements to providing this solution have been acknowledged and split into the following lots. The definition and number of lots may evolve before the final tender. The scope is to provide: • Lot 1: Data Capture and Upload • Lot 2: Storage and Distribution • Lot 3: Data Viewing • Lot 4: Data Exploitation Lot 4: The purpose of this RFI is to engage with the supply base and request information relating to the existing workforce management solutions available in the market that can meet our requirements, specifically this RFI will look to address the following areas: 1. Explore what technical solutions have been used by vendors to implement similar capability. 2. Having an overview of supplier experiences, demonstrating delivery to similar industries and complexities. 3. Insight to case studies of examples of similar solutions provided to their customers. 4. Understanding learnt lessons from vendor experience. 5. Vendor ROM costs for similar solutions enabling us to better estimate our costs. 6. Insight into vendor ROM delivery timescales. 7. Utilising the responses to help frame the requirements that we may not have considered such as feedback on the lotting structure. 8. Ensure we have value for money during this procurement event. Please note that any content received via response to this RFI will be used purely for information purposes only and will not be deemed as forming part of any proposed bid now, or any potential future tender.