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Intra-company benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals expenditure

Office of Rail and Road · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 14:47.

Opportunity overview

This project aim is understanding the drivers of Network Rail's expenditure, including the reasons for changes over time, is key to understanding value for money - of which cost efficiency is a key part. To achieve this, we use a range of complementary approaches including bottom-up assessments of Network Rail's business plans and performance, and top-down cost benchmarking using statistical (econometric) methods. This work relates to our top-down benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals expenditure for the year from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 ('2025-26').

Classification

  • CPV79412000 — Financial management consultancy services

Lots

  • Lot 1£75k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ORR CT 26-33
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
20 Oct 2026, 17:00

Enquiry period

Ends
6 Oct 2026, 17:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Please note this notice has been published in error and this procurement is only accepting submissions from those suppliers on Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Management Consultancy Framework Four (RM6309) Lot 4 - Finance.
Id
091864-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
90,000
Amount
75,000
Currency
GBP

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
Please note this notice has been published in error and this procurement is only accepting submissions from those suppliers on Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Management Consultancy Framework Four (RM6309) Lot 4 - Finance.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
2 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
28 Feb 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The contract will be for 4 months with an option for ORR to extend the contract deadline for one period for up to 12 months.

Award criteria

Description
Methodology (30%) The proposal should set out the methodology by which the project requirement will be initiated, delivered and concluded. In particular, it must: (a) Explain the methodology and delivery mechanisms to ensure that the requirements of this specification are met in terms of quality - this should cover the approach to the cost driver analysis, econometric analysis; (b) Please explain the approach that will be used to ensure that the cost drivers used in the assessment are based on sound engineering judgement; (c) Please explain the approach to assessing and addressing data issues (d) Please explain the approach to the overall quality assurance of the work; (e) Please explain the approach to knowledge sharing. Delivery (25%) The proposal should set out how and when the project requirement will be delivered. In particular, it must: (a) Explain how your organisation will work in partnership with ORR's project manager to ensure that the requirement is met; (b) Explain how this work will be delivered to timescale and how milestones will be met, detailing the resources that will be allocated to each stage; (c) Demonstrate an understanding of the risks, and project dependencies and explain how they would be mitigated to ensure project delivery; (d) Explain the resources that will be allocated to delivering the required outcomes/output, and what other resources can be called upon if required. Experience (25%) The proposal should set out any experience relevant to the project requirement. In particular, it must: (a) Provide CVs of the consultants who will be delivering the project - this should separately cover CVs for both economic and engineering input; (b) Highlight the organisation's relevant experience for this project, submitting examples of similar projects. Cost / Value for money (20%) A fixed fee for delivery of the project requirement (inclusive of all expenses), including a full price breakdown for each stage of the project and details of the day rates that will apply for the lifetime of this project.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79412000
Description
Financial management consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
A-22764
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Entry 2
Id
091864-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Sept 2026, 13:07
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Office of Rail and Road
Id
GB-PPON-PMPH-6471-MDYY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMPH-6471-MDYY

Address

Street Address
25 Cabot Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 4QZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI42 · E14 4QZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 089570-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 091864-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·