Official UK procurement notice
Capacity of railway supply chain to meet key future funding period requirements
Authority: Office of Rail and Road (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£50,000£60,000 inc. VAT0.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Apr 2026awarded 4 May 2026
Awarded to NSAR
Contract term 3 moends 31 Jul 2026 · starts 27 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis ITT is commissioning an external consultancy to undertake a structured and evidence-based assessment of the skills required to deliver GBR's maintenance and renewals pipeline in FP1, identify current and forecast gaps, and evaluate the implications of these gaps for delivery resilience.
CPV: Evaluation consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£50,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Quality 90% Cost 10%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 09:21 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027655- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067484Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
26 Mar 2026 → 28 May 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published214 days ago26 Mar 2026, 09:15 GMT
- Submission deadline192 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts183 days ago27 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published151 days ago28 May 2026, 09:21 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2026- Tender notice published26 Mar 2026, 09:15 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published28 May 2026, 09:21 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete28 May 2026, 09:21 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NSAR LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender