Published date: 8 January 2019

This notice was replaced on 24 September 2019

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

Awarded contract (published 24 September 2019)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£30,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

ORR/CT/18-78

Published date

8 January 2019

Closing date

22 January 2019

Contract start date

31 January 2019

Contract end date

15 April 2019

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

The project is being commissioned to assess Highways England's management of technology assets and to allow ORR to understand whether the company is managing these assets:
• safely - i.e. managing safety risk for road users and workers to deliver safety outcomes / outputs / requirements;
• robustly - i.e. managing assets in a way which will deliver outcome / output requirements for the road period;
• sustainably - i.e. managing assets in a way which, if continued would continue to deliver outcome / output requirements in the long-term; and
• efficiently - i.e. minimising the cost of managing the asset over the long-term by delivering the right interventions, at the right level of quality, at the right cost and at the right time.
This will inform ORR's review of whether Highways England is meeting its licence requirements, including to "act in a manner which it considers is best calculated to [...] ensure the maintenance resilience, renewal, and replacement of the network" (4.2 b, 5.4 and 5.5) and licence requirements relating to safety, asset management, efficiency and value for money.

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This tender closes on 22 Jan 19 at 12:00hrs. All communication must be made via the BRAVO portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Gayle Webster

Address

1 Kemble Street
LONDON
WC2B4AN
England

Telephone

020 7282 3944

Email

gayle.webster@orr.gsi.gov.uk