Underfloor Wheel Profiling Machine (WPM) Maintenance

⁠⁠⁠Overview

Sydney Trains is seeking a supplier to provide ongoing maintenance services for its Underfloor Wheel Profiling Machine (WPM), a critical asset used to assess wheel condition and ensure compliance with safety and engineering standards.

Purpose

WPM maintenance is required on an ongoing basis to support the safe and reliable delivery of rail services across Sydney Trains. The WPM is a critical asset used to manage wheel condition by machining wheels to the required profile and ensure compliance with safety and engineering standards. As Sydney Trains operates a single WPM system, its availability and reliability are essential to maintaining fleet integrity and preventing downstream operational impacts.

Objectives

The WPM maintenance aims to:

• Maximise system availability, accuracy and reliability
• Extend the useful service life of the WPM and optimise whole-of-life costs
• Manage health and safety risks associated with the operation and maintenance of the system
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, engineering and regulatory requirements

Scope

The supplier will support Sydney Trains' asset maintenance and safety assurance obligations through the ongoing maintenance of the WPM. The maintenance will be undertaken to:

• Provide accurate and reliable wheel profile measurements to support fleet safety and compliance
• Maintain system availability and performance through planned and reactive maintenance
• Support fault diagnosis, repairs and condition monitoring in accordance with OEM recommendations
• Enable identification of upgrade or life-extension opportunities as informed by the engineering review

Instructions to Tenderers

In order to gain access to the Request for Tender documents, tenderers are required to register their interest by sending an email to tss.bidder@transport.nsw.gov.au and include the following information:

• Tender Title: Underfloor Wheel Profiling Machine (WPM) Maintenance
• RFT ID: WS5494927148
• Organisation Name
• ACN/ABN
• Contract Name
• Organisation/Contact Postal Address
• Contact Email Address (preferably an email address with the contact person's name)
• Contact Phone number

To gain access to the tender documents in Ariba over the internet once access is provided, please ensure that you are using a PC with a web browser.

Enquiries

• Primary contact: Sara Liu
• Email: FTCProcurementDPMCTrains@transport.nsw.gov.au