Published date: 19 February 2018

This notice was replaced on 26 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 26 March 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000 to £15,000

Procurement reference

ORR/CT/17-107

Published date

19 February 2018

Closing date

6 March 2018

Contract start date

12 March 2018

Contract end date

11 May 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are looking to appoint an experienced executive search agent to assist us in concurrent recruitment a Deputy Director, Railway Safety and Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways (one role).
This is a senior leadership role in ORR carrying responsibility for the leadership, direction and delivery of key ORR railway initiatives, activities and interventions.
Key objectives of the role:
Develop and maintain key relationships at senior levels with duty holders across UK's mainline railway, ensuring the highest level of co-operation and trust between ORR's inspectorial teams and their counterparts in the industry.
Be an ambassador inside and outside ORR, explaining our role and advocating the value that joined-up regulation, combining health and safety with economic and performance regulation, and create for the UK;
Promote the integration of economic and safety regulation and elated activities, making the best use of people, expertise and intelligence across ORR to achieve our objectives; including input to the periodic review.
Acts as a role model for ORR's for corporate values and objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead operational inspection associated with mainline railway in the UK. This includes the leadership of professional warranted inspectorial teams of (c x staff) covering:
• Network Rail projects;
• Network Rail routes;
• Train operating companies; and
• Freight operating companies.

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Prospective bidders should register their interest in this tender on ORR's eTendering portal (instructions for joining the tender can be found in the ITT). Bidders should upload any requests for clarification and their proposals on to the portal by the dates and times set out in the ITT. Under no circumstances should bidders contact any member of the ORR directly other than the procurement team in connection to this ITT.

About the buyer

Contact name

Mayank Vyas

Address

1 Kemble Street
London
WC2B 4AN
England

Telephone

020 7282 2004

Email

mayank.vyas@orr.gsi.gov.uk