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title: "Cost Benefit Analysis for competing Great Western Mainline track access applications - Independent Audit"
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# Cost Benefit Analysis for competing Great Western Mainline track access applications - Independent Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-benefit-analysis-for-competing-great-western-mainline-track-access-applications-indep-ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office of Rail and Road: "Cost Benefit Analysis for competing Great Western Mainline track access applications - Independent Audit". Published status: active. Published Value: £40,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.orr.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (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:** £40,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 September 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-benefit-analysis-for-competing-great-western-mainline-track-access-applications-indep-ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd`

## 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/cost-benefit-analysis-for-competing-great-western-mainline-track-access-applications-indep-ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [orr.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orr.gov.uk%2Fabout%2Fprocuring-goods-and-services%2Fe-tendering)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cost-benefit-analysis-for-competing-great-western-mainline-track-access-applications-indep-ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd#participate

## Description
ORR wishes to procure an independent audit of the assumptions, methodology, calculations and outputs of the demand & revenue forecasting and cost-benefit analysis to provide assurance on the robustness and suitability of the analysis for informing ORR's decision-making.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £40,000

- **Contract Period:** 06/09/2026 to 12/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F074732-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-06T12:28:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T19:10:44.652Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd