Published date: 17 February 2023
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services - 66170000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£180,000
Procurement reference
The Office of Rail and Road ORR/CT/22-49
Published date
17 February 2023
Closing date
27 January 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
12 February 2023
Contract end date
31 August 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Call-off from a framework agreement
A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The project objective is to benchmark Network Rail's operations and support costs against national and international comparators to identify and quantify any gap to the most efficient infrastructure managers across the range of activities identified in Section 2.1.
The proposed methodology should consider the most appropriate way to do this, including whether different comparators and approaches should be used for the two areas of expenditure. (For example, there may be opportunities to benchmark support costs against national infrastructure managers and international rail infrastructure managers.)
We anticipate that this work will focus on between 5 and 10 comparators in each area of expenditure. We expect the analysis for each area to include identifying structural factors, explanatory variables and any factors relevant to understanding any efficiency gap. (For example, in the case of railway operations, consideration may be given to complexity of rail infrastructure and type of signalling technology employed.)
We expect that international benchmarking will primarily focus on Europe. But we invite bidders to propose the comparators and explain their reasoning.
We will provide or facilitate provision of Network Rail data as required, but we expect the contractor to collect / provide data for comparators.
Award information
Awarded date
9 February 2023
Contract start date
12 February 2023
Contract end date
31 August 2023
Total value of contract
£179,485
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
AMBERSIDE ADVISORS LTD
Address
Clubfinance House,64-66 Queensway
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Hertfordshire
HP2 5HA
GBReference
Companies House number: 06078852
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Jeremy Pewton
Address
25 Cabot Square
London
E144QA
England
Telephone
+442072823752
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