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# Comparative Review of Product Approval Processes in European Rail Infrastructure Organisations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/comparative-review-of-product-approval-processes-in-european-rail-infrastructure-organisat-ocds-h6vhtk-056c17). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office of Rail and Road: "Comparative Review of Product Approval Processes in European Rail Infrastructure Organisations". Published status: complete. Published Value: £55,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: orr.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Office of Rail and Road](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/office-of-rail-and-road-gov-d1117)
- **Published Value:** £55,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £49,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/comparative-review-of-product-approval-processes-in-european-rail-infrastructure-organisat-ocds-h6vhtk-056c17#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056c17`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/comparative-review-of-product-approval-processes-in-european-rail-infrastructure-organisat-ocds-h6vhtk-056c17#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [orr.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Forr.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/comparative-review-of-product-approval-processes-in-european-rail-infrastructure-organisat-ocds-h6vhtk-056c17#participate

## Description
The objective of this project is to review and compare how selected European rail infrastructure managers manage the approval of new products, components, and technologies for use on their networks. The project will assess the governance, efficiency, safety assurance, responsiveness to innovation, and overall burden on suppliers, with the aim of identifying best practices and lessons that the ORR can use to inform oversight of Network Rail's product approval regime and regulatory expectations.
The outcomes will directly support ORR's preparation for PR28 by informing its ability to assess Network Rail's CP8 plans, scrutinise claimed innovation pathways, and assess how barriers to supplier entry are being addressed.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79410000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £55,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 12/12/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **FURRER + FREY GB LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PYRT-2176-PXLN`
  - Value: £49,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £49,500
  - Signed Date: 07/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F045548-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-09T10:09:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:37:26.984Z
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