Tender Details
The Sydney Trains division of Transport for NSW is inviting suitably experienced and capable organizations to participate in the Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) to conduct of a Proof-of-Concept Trial to investigate use of an Autonomous Vehicle for Rail Tunnel Inspection (AVTI).
Subject to the outcomes of this EOI, Sydney Trains may enter the next stage to procure the services of a Supplier for supply of a suitable AVTI System and conduct of the Trial.
Sydney Trains’ Intelligent Maintenance Program (IMP) aims to transition rail maintenance practices away from current manual processes towards a contemporary, integrated, predictive maintenance methodology that will improve the performance of assets and optimise maintenance practices.
Under the IMP, Sydney Trains wishes to undertake a Proof of Concept (PoC) Trial for tunnel maintenance using an off-the-shelf autonomous vehicle to aid in inspection, visualisation, data collection, analytics, and reporting. The PoC will help Sydney Trains gain an understand of current and future technology capabilities mounted on an autonomous rail vehicle. It will inform and support predictive maintenance strategies and enable targeted, risk-based tunnel maintenance programs.
All applicants must comply with the NSW Government Policy Framework, available at:
Procurement Policy Framework.
Note: Participants are requested to submit their expression of interest submission via Ariba Portal
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This tender opportunity is not expected to lead to the award of a contract, or the award details will be advertised elsewhere. Please telephone or email the contact officer for details
Additional Details / Instructions
In order to gain access to the Request for Expression of Interest documents, Tenderers are required to register their interest by sending an email:
TSS.Bidder@transport.nsw.gov.au and include the following:
1) Tender No and Title,
2) RFEOI ID,
3) Organisation Name,
4) ACN/ABN,
5) Contact Name,
6) Organisation/contact postal address,
7) Contact email address (preferably an email address with the contact person's name),
8) Contact phone number.
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Conditions for Participation
Refer to EOI
