CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Business Continuity and crisis management

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

KAO intends to contract with a company or companies to provide the following services:

Part one of this requirement will be to undertake a full review of the InfaCo, OpCo and Fleet business continuity capabilities in all aspects of the scope of operation list above to attain ISO 22301: 2014 certification. The Organisation is aware that new regulations are coming in to play in 2019 we anticipate the successful supplier will consider the new conditions for us to achieve the accreditation and It would be therefore required: -

• To carry out a full risk assessment of the business scope to identify the business-critical areas that include key stakeholders plans and then proceed with a further business impact assessment (BIA) on the findings of the risk assessment.

• To develop a Business Continuity Plan in respect of the services, people, facilities and assets used to deliver the services of CWB, CVL, Fleet and shared services from Network Rail on the CVL infrastructure. The plan prepared must be consistent with the requirements of ISO 22301:2014 and associated continuity guidance, legal compliance and civil contingency guidance and be suitable for future implementation across the business activities.

• To arrange and facilitate the exercising and testing of the business continuity management system (BCMS) and to improve by taking any required corrective actions based on the results of the management review and reappraising the scope of the BCMS and business continuity policy and objectives

• To Monitor and review performance against business continuity policy and objectives, report the results to management for review, and determine and authorize actions for remediation and improvement.

• To review and advise on the business’s change management systems in line with the continuity plans so that future proofing is a key factor, for example in the introduction of new rolling stock, new control centre.

• To carry out an assessment around the governance and process of ownership and provide Guidance on where each should sit with departmentally or functionally.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=94834.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Immediate Response Requirements

NOTE : THIS ITEM REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION PRIOR TO COMPILING YOUR FULL RESPONSE TO THIS RFP.

Once you have decided whether to respond to this RFP, you MUST acknowledge the following matters in writing within 7 days of this publication. This must be emailed to procurement.help@tfwrail.wales / Primary Contact

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ENQ0057

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:94834)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice