Published date: 13 July 2017

This notice was replaced on 12 September 2017

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Awarded contract (published 12 September 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000

  • Project-management services other than for construction work - 79421000

  • Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£80,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

ORR/CT/17-12

Published date

13 July 2017

Closing date

11 August 2017

Contract start date

28 August 2017

Contract end date

30 August 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The ORR's Planning & Enhancements team leads on holding rail infrastructure managers to account for delivering their licence obligations in relation to enhancement projects. We perform this role for rail enhancement projects across England, Wales and Scotland, working with infrastructure managers including Network Rail.
As part of our statutory obligations we perform cost efficiency reviews of rail enhancement projects for a number of reasons, including but not limited to:
• Determining cost efficiency on projects within the current 5 year control period (CP5, from April 2014 to March 2019) as part of 'lessons learned' reviews or license breach investigations;
• Reviewing cost efficiency for projects proposed for the next control period (CP6);
• Determining efficient cost baselines for government funded projects in Scotland, using the Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM - as described on our website at: http://www.orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/price-controls/periodic-review-2013/cp5-delivery-plan );
• Resolving disputes, relating to efficient costs, between infrastructure managers and their funders; and
• Other ad-hoc efficiency reviews as part of our ongoing monitoring.
As well as these detailed reviews of individual projects, we may also seek to review infrastructure managers' capability to deliver enhancements at the portfolio level, in line with our regulatory framework.

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This tender closes on 11/08/2017 at 17:00. All communication must be via the portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Mayank Vyas

Address

Office of Rail and Road
1 Kemble Street
London
WC2B 4AN
England

Email

mayank.vyas@orr.gsi.gov.uk