Published date: 1 November 2021

This notice was replaced on 25 January 2022

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

Awarded contract (published 25 January 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

  • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

  • Economic research services - 79311400

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

ORR/CT/21-50

Published date

1 November 2021

Closing date

1 December 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

10 January 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are looking for support on a range of work across PR23. This is intended to provide ORR with some additional expertise and resources, where we require, it in a flexible and agile manner.
The support we are seeking could include, for example:
• preparing or helping to prepare internal papers on certain policy, economic and financial issues. This could also include input into papers for our Executive;
• producing material for industry workshops;
• supporting to produce external deliverables, such as drafting consultation documents;
• participating in discussions with stakeholders;
• summarising stakeholder views from consultation responses;
• developing workstream-specific project plans and/or stakeholder engagement plans;
• coordinating and/or directing internal (ORR) and external resources to produce specific outputs;
• financial analysis to support our approach to monitoring Network Rail's efficiency and wider financial performance in CP7;
• project management; and
• produce other discrete pieces of work.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

This tender is being managed by the ORR Bravo Procurement Portal. Any clarification questions should be raised via this system. The closing date and time is 01 Dec 21 at 10:00hrs.

About the buyer

Contact name

Gayle Webster

Address

25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ
United Kingdom

Email

gayle.webster@orr.gov.uk