Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales / Noise Services for Environment Division - Investigation and Management - 08/04088

RailCorp manages a large number of different operations throughout NSW and predominantly within the Greater Sydney metropolitan region.  Many of these operations require consideration of environmental issues such as Noise and Vibration, through reviews of internal and external development applications, track design, interpretation and review of railway noise policy and complaint investigations.

The Noise Team is part of RailCorp’s Environment Division. It ensures that due consideration is given to Noise and Vibration (N&V) associated with the operational and strategic needs of the organisation. These N&V issues are investigated and managed in the context of a wide range of activities including N&V impacts from rail operations, infrastructure construction and maintenance, third party rolling stock operator access approvals, third party property development approvals, complaints, occupational health and safety management (OH&S) and due diligence.

The Noise Team also collaborates with government regulators such as the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC), national and international standards groups such as the Rail Industry Safety Standards Board (RISSB), academic institutions, inter-agency research groups such as the Rail Cooperative Research Centre (Rail CRC) on rail noise, and other rail industry development companies such as the Transport Integration Development Corporation (TIDC).

In order to ensure consistent, high quality delivery to the organization, RailCorp has requirements for a range of services with respect to the investigation and management of Noise and Vibration issues.

RailCorp is therefore seeking information from Professional Service Providers (PSPs) with proven capability and experience in acoustics. This would include noise and vibration specialists, R&D divisions of various tertiary institutions, and other interested organisations that may able to provide required services on a noise project. It does not include N&V product and equipment suppliers that do not also provide any of the services listed in Section C2.

RailCorp will review the responses to this Request for Information (RFI) in order to identify potential PSPs for a range of required services. A register of the PSPs with particular capabilities will then be established to allow RailCorp to call subsequent Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for individual projects.

In addition to this RFI, it is RailCorp’s intention, at this time, to issue a similar document in the first quarter of 2009, seeking information and/or registrations for a Panel of acoustics consultants to provide advice on electro-acoustic and system design of audio systems and to carry out investigation work for the Station Passenger Information program of work.