T MU MD 00009 F1

Form

AEO Engineering Services Matrix

Version 4.0
Issued date: 29 August 2017

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Standard governance
Owner: Manager Authorisation, Asset Standards Authority
Authoriser: Director Authorisation and Audit, Asset Standards Authority
Approver: Executive Director, Asset Standards Authority on behalf of the ASA Configuration
Control Board

Document history
Version Summary of Changes
1.0 First issue
2.0 Second issue 1 December 2014
3.0 Third issue 8 May 2017
4.0 Fourth issue, amendment to matrix instruction

For queries regarding this document,

please email the ASA at
standards@transport.nsw.gov.au
or visit www.asa.transport.nsw.gov.au

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Preface

The Asset Standards Authority (ASA) is a key strategic branch of Transport for NSW (TfNSW). As the
network design and standards authority for NSW Transport Assets, as specified in the ASA Charter , the
ASA identifies, selects, develops, publishes, maintains and controls a suite of requirements documents
on behalf of TfNSW, the asset owner.

The ASA deploys TfNSW requirements for asset and safety assurance by creating and managing
TfNSW's governance models, documents and processes. To achieve this, the ASA focuses on four
primary tasks:

 publishing and managing TfNSW's process and requirements documents including TfNSW plans,
standards, manuals and guides

 deploying TfNSW's Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) framework

 continuously improving TfNSW’s Asset Management Framework
 collaborating with the Transport cluster and industry through open engagement

The AEO framework authorises engineering organisations to supply and provide asset related products
and services to TfNSW. It works to assure the safety, quality and fitness for purpose of those products
and services over the asset's whole-of-life. AEOs are expected to demonstrate how they have applied
the requirements of ASA documents, including TfNSW plans, standards and guides, when delivering
assets and related services for TfNSW.

Compliance with ASA requirements by itself is not sufficient to ensure satisfactory outcomes for NSW
Transport Assets. The ASA expects that professional judgement be used by competent personnel when
using ASA requirements to produce those outcomes.

About this document

This document is designed for TfNSW agencies involved in procurement of engineering services and
organisations seeking initial AEO assessment or expansion of their scope to demonstrate capability in
relation engineering services.

This version includes a change in the instructions for completing the matrix.

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1. Introduction
The Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) model and framework is used by Transport for NSW
(TfNSW) to ensure confidence in the supply chain capability to deliver and assure asset life cycle
engineering services.

2. Purpose
This document is used by TfNSW agencies involved in procurement of engineering services and
organisations seeking initial AEO assessment or expansion of their scope.

2.1. Scope
The engineering services matrix is used to create an AEO services profile that represents the range of
authorised engineering capabilities an organisation can provide and assure or assure on behalf of
TfNSW.

The same form is also used by TfNSW agencies involved in procurement of engineering services to
represent the required project scope of engineering capabilities. It is used by tenderers and procurement
entities to visualise the match and distribution of the capabilities of tendering authorised organisations’
capabilities against the required project scope to determine whether the scope is fully covered.

The complete list of definitions for asset life cycle activities and all disciplines in the engineering services
matrix are in T MU MD 00009 SP AEO Authorisation Model .

2.2. Application
The matrix is used by two groups, TfNSW agencies involved in procurement of engineering services and
suppliers as follows:

 agencies procuring engineering services on behalf of TfNSW shall complete the matrix for those
engineering services they see as necessary to deliver the procured scope of work

 organisations applying for AEO status or AEOs changing the scope of their authorisation should
complete the matrix for those engineering services they wish to be authorised to provide

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3. Reference documents
The following documents are cited in the text. For dated references, only the cited edition applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document applies.

TfNSW Standards
T MU MD 00009 SP AEO Authorisation Model

4. Completing the matrix

The steps for completing the matrix are as follows:

1. Review the engineering disciplines for the scope of services (listed on the vertical axis).

2. Review the asset life cycle stages the scope of services will be delivered within (listed on the
horizontal axis).

3. Insert X in the cell or cells corresponding to the engineering disciplines and asset life cycle stages
applicable to the scope of work or organisation. Each selected cell means that the organisation is
capable of, or will be expected to be capable of, delivering and assuring the selected asset life
cycle activity for the relevant engineering sub-discipline or for the stand alone engineering service.

4. Further details for any selection may be elaborated on in the relevant notes section (for example,
'independent design review only' or 'not authorised for the overarching integrated engineering
assurance for the selected sub-discipline activities across the lifecycle, but can only deliver and
assure each authorised activity as standalone services at request').

5. For applicant AEOs, the approved matrix is published on the ASA website and used to support
any procurement response against the project scope.

6. For TfNSW agencies involved in procurement of engineering services, the matrix provides the
baseline against which tendering AEOs will confirm the engineering assurance accountabilities of
their teams (that is, who will be assuring what).

The matrix is used to provide an assessment context for applicant AEOs and to define the capabilities
TfNSW expects to be undertaken to assure supply chain engineering services. More detailed guidance
and definitions are provided in T MU MD 00009 SP AEO Authorisation Model .

5. Terms and definitions

Terms and definitions used in the matrix are contained in T MU MD 00009 SP.

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Matrix use:
In the version published on the ASA website an ‘X’ in a cell indicates the organisation is capable of producing or delivering and self-assuring the selected services.

Where an ‘X’ appears in a cell in the ‘Specialist engineering disciplines’ area it relates to the asset lifecycle activity for the specialist engineering sub-discipline whereas ‘X’ in a cell in the ‘Non-asset specific engineering
X
services’ area covers the whole asset lifecycle.

Refer to T MU MD 00009 SP for more details.

 This asset lifecycle activity is not applicable for the selected specialist sub discipline

Operate and
TfNSW asset life cycle Demand, need, plan Acquire Dispose
maintain
Correct as at: <insert date>

Transport needs analysis, model or plan

Conduct decommissioning or disposal

Maintenance concept development

Plan decommissioning or disposal

Operations concept development

Conduct asset condition surveys

Concept or reference design

Manufacturing or fabrication

Testing and commissioning

Maintain or upgrade assets

Construction or installation
Single option development
BRS or user requirements

Plan asset maintenance

<Insert AEO or contract name

Subsystem integration
AEO activities supporting TfNSW asset life cycle

Material procurement

Acceptance services
or title > engineering services

SRS development
matrix

Optioneering

Design
Rolling stock Locomotives
Freight vehicles
Heavy commuter electric multiple units or diesel multiple units

Rail bound infrastructure maintenance vehicles

Rail road vehicles
Trolleys and trailers
Light rail vehicles
Other rail vehicles (shall be specified in notes)
Rolling stock subsystems (shall be specified in notes)
Signalling and control Supervisory and control systems
systems Interlocking systems
Trackside systems (including cabling)
Communications Cables and routes, optical fibre and other
Applications and systems – telephony (VOIP and analogue)

Applications and systems – passenger information systems

Applications and systems – alarm and CCTV surveillance

Applications and systems – condition monitoring and wayside
telemetry
Networks wired - packet switched (IP, MPLS)
Specialist engineering disciplines

Networks wired - circuit switched (SDH, DWDM and other)

Networks wireless - packet switched (WiFi, WiMax , 4G, LTE
and other)
Networks wireless - circuit switched radio systems
Telecommunications power systems and facilities
Network and application management systems (shall be
specified in notes)
Track engineering Wheel and rail interface
Geometry and alignment
Components and structures
Railway surveying
Civil and related engineering Engineering surveying
Geotechnical
Combined services route
Tunnelling
Bridges and structures
Earthworks
Roads and pavements
Drainage and hydrology
Stations and buildings Buildings architecture
Buildings structure (note specific areas of specialisation if
appropriate in notes)
Buildings services (shall be specified in the notes)
Specialist buildings expertise (shall be specified in the notes)
Electrical High voltage aerial feeders
engineering High voltage cables
Traction substation and sectioning huts
Distribution substations
High voltage protection systems
Low voltage power systems and low voltage protection
Earthing, bonding, electrolysis and lightning protection
Electrical control systems (SCADA) (shall be specified in the
notes)
Overhead wiring
Electrical network planning and modelling

Non-asset specific engineering services

Provided as specialist services directly to TfNSW, or in relation to other service providers in the interest of or on behalf of TfNSW (select from definitions in T MU MD 00009 SP if required)
Service Service
Asset management systems services (shall be specified in the notes) Systems engineering and assurance (including systems and safety integration) services (shall be specified in
the notes)
Engineering management services (shall be specified in the notes) Other professional engineering services (shall be specified in the notes)

Notes: specify details of the selected activity for the discipline if required:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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