Rail vehicle procurement
Expertise through the entire rail vehicle procurement process, ensuring your requirements are met and final products meet expectations.
Our "one-stop shop" approach is a framework from which we manage procurement from start to finish. Regardless of any changes in your team or organisation, we remain involved throughout the entire project lifecycle to ensure the project stays on track.
Our team is made up of specialists that cover every aspect of your procurement or tendering process:
- Strategists to forecast future capacity requirements, right size solutions and develop business and technical requirements.
- Project Managers to create and implement a customized requirements tool to verify compliance with requirements though all phases of your project and validate overall system performance requirements.
- Negotiators to guide contract award and achieve the most favourable outcome from the “Best and Final Offer” phase of your project.
- Technical Specialists to review supplier designs to ensure specifications are being met.
- Quality Checkers to assess production quality to ensure alignment with requirements and standards.
- Contract Managers to handle warranty claims and dispute resolution.
Projects
Sprinter New Generation Procurement
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South Australia Net Zero Rail Study
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Hitachi Intercity Express - Systems Engineering
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Our "one-stop shop" approach means we manage procurement at every stage, from defining the scope to accepting delivery and negotiating warranties. Even as the personnel in your teams change, we are ever-present to safeguard the project's progress.
Our team includes experts in numerous disciplines that work together as an integrated team to ensure world’s best practice is implemented with the latest proven technologies.
We have access to an accredited approvals team - the independent organisation, Ricardo Certification - who can advise on all relevant standards and regulations for domestic or international markets.
We have offices and experts around the world enabling us to focus on your project whether your needs are sourced domestically or from international markets.
Why choose Ricardo
End-to-end expertise
Support from requirements capture to supplier negotiation, design and test review and eventual acceptance.
Valuable continuity
Even as your teams evolve, we remain ever-present to safeguard progress during key decision points
Regulatory support
Access to an accredited approvals team for advice on all relevant market standards and regulations.
Rail vehicle procurement Resources
