Published date: 10 April 2018

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Awarded contract (published 20 June 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • News-agency services - 92400000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£15,000 to £21,000

Procurement reference

ORR/CT/18-06

Published date

10 April 2018

Closing date

24 April 2018

Contract start date

4 May 2018

Contract end date

3 May 2020

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

ORR operates within the context of a dynamic and complex European rail market and legislative framework.
To achieve our strategic objectives, we need to:
• Demonstrate the benefits of competition, market opening, and risk-based safety regulation to European governments, stakeholders and EU institutions.
• Influence the drafting and negotiation process for EU legislation.
• Help to implement EU law in the UK, alongside DfT, in the best way for UK customers and funders.
• Be alert to European developments in the rail market - emulating best practice and learning from the experience of others.
• Help government and industry to navigate change associated with the UK's exit from the European Union.
To do this we require a regular, reliable summary of media clippings from across Europe.

We require a daily clippings summary of rail-related news from across Europe, by email.
Breadth is important - both in terms of geography, themes (from safety incidents to business takeovers) and language. We would like clippings from print-based media (newspapers and trade journals) and, if possible, online sources.
The contract is for a two year period, allowing us to reassess our future requirements after the UK's exit from the EU.

More information

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This tender closes on 24/04/2018 at 12pm. All communication must be made via the portal.

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