Rail vehicle procurement
Our experience
Expertise through the entire rail vehicle procurement process, ensuring your requirements are met and final products meet expectations.
Our 'one stop shop' approach means we can oversee procurement from start to finish. Even as personnel in your teams change, we are ever-present to safeguard the project's progress.
Within our teams are strategists to calculate future capacity needs; project managers to implement a bespoke requirements tool; negotiators to oversee the Best And Final Offer phase; technical specialists to review the supplier's designs and ensure compliance with specifications; skilled auditors to determine whether production quality is meeting expected standards; and contract managers to manage the drafting of warranty claims.
Projects
New Generation Sprinter 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 can oversee procurement exercises from start to finish. Even as the personnel in your teams change, we are ever-present to safeguard the project's progress.
Within our teams are strategists to calculate future capacity needs; project managers to implement a bespoke requirements tool; negotiators to oversee the Best And Final Offer phase; technical specialists to review the supplier's designs and ensure compliance with specifications; skilled auditors to determine whether production quality is meeting expected standards; and contract managers to manage the drafting of warranty claims.
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.
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
