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Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB)

1074032381 T1424 Passenger Rolling Stock Emergency Window Repair Procedures

Live tender · OpenOpen · closes Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT

Live: the notice is at tender stage.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£50,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.
Published
15 Oct 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The project is expected to deliver the following outcomes:

•A clear, evidence-based understanding of:

owhich temporary repair methods, including any viable alternatives to film, work reliably on current passenger rolling stock bodyside and door windows, and what factors determine how well they perform;

othe loading conditions temporary repair must withstand, the likelihood of these being met bby different repair methods, and the operational restrictions (such as speed and time in service) that should apply while one is in place.

•Practical, well-organised guidance, easily accessible to:

omaintenance teams and the engineers who support them, so that temporary repairs are selected and applied correctly and consistently across the full range of window mounting and glazing systems currently in use;

oTeam working on future rolling stock procurement and design that evidence the impact of different window design on the feasibility and reliability of temporary repairs.

•Clarity on where evidence gaps remain, and high-level recommendations on how they could be address, including targeted testing.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./73MG3B4E5F

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/73MG3B4E5F

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 73110000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 15 Oct 2026
    Tender notice (UK4)

    Tender notice (UK4) published 15 October 2026.

    Deadline in this release: Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT.

    Release 097563-2026

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gives a deadline of Wednesday 18 November 2026, 12:00 GMT. Check the tender documents for the exact time and for any extension the buyer publishes.

Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £50,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
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Source
Find a Tender
Stage
tender · Open
Last verified
Thu 15 Oct 2026, 16:09 BST
Read at
Sun 18 Oct 2026, 10:56 BST

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