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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Operations processing system (TOPS & POIS)

IT ServicesCPV 72212100
ValueValue not published
Deadline
Published13 Sept 2024
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Emma.Ditchfield@networkrail.co.uk
+44 1908781000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

The TOPS and POIS Replacement Project is required to deliver a solution to replace in-use functionality of the existing application under the adoption of modern technologies, thus avoiding innovation limitation, technical debt, operational risk and extended support agreements for these two mission critical services.

TOPS is a mainframe system procured by British Rail (BR) from Southern Pacific in the early 1970s.

It is a complex, command-driven system, originally designed for the management and control of freight vehicles and trains to provide real-time information of the whereabouts, loading, consignee, condition, etc. of freight vehicles.

Since the introduction of TOPS to BR, the system has been expanded to handle locomotive activities and information about loco-hauled passenger operations, via a sub-system named POIS.

The average freight traffic is currently 500 trains per day but may increase going forward.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The TOPS and POIS Replacement Project is

The TOPS and POIS Replacement Project is required to deliver a solution to replace in-use.

02

Innovation limitation, technical debt, operational risk

innovation limitation, technical debt, operational risk and extended support agreements for these.

03

Freight vehicles and trains to provide real-time

freight vehicles and trains to provide real-time information of the whereabouts, loading, consignee,.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0492a0
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
029435-2024
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