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Digital Safety Strategy and Strategic Risk Chapter Development

Buyer: Office of Rail and Road →

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BuyerOffice of Rail and Road
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Jan 2026
Value£25,000
Published28 Nov 2025

What is being bought

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) seeks a specialist consultancy to deliver expert services for the development of our Digital Safety Strategy and accompanying Strategic Risk Chapter (SRC). This work will shape ORR's regulatory approach to digital systems and emerging technologies, ensuring health and safety risks are effectively managed across the rail industry.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services 72222000Business and management consultancy services 79410000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£25,000
Contract periodFrom 22 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services, Business and management consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services (72222000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 723,6441 median · 7.9 average (1,148 of 3,644 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,309 of 3,644 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,1261 median · 11 average (322 of 1,126 with a bid count)2.4 average (386 of 1,126 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)931 median · 1 average (3 of 93 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 93 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05eaf7
Latest release ID078042-2025
Latest release timestampFri Nov 28 2025 12:10:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078042-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-01-14T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-12-15T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted electronically via the ORR eTendering portal: https://orr.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/15297504019ACA5975CB Submission Deadline: 14 January 2026, 12:00 noon (UK time). Tenders uploaded after the closing date and time may not be accepted. Bidders can upload revised versions until the deadline. The tender must be submitted in two envelopes: Technical Envelope: Quality response (Methodology, Delivery, Experience), Disclaimer, and Cyber Essentials or ISO27000 certification (or equivalent). Commercial Envelope: Price and Form of Tender. File formats accepted: PDF or Word (.docx). No electronic auction will be used for this procurement. Guidance on registering and using the portal can be found at: https://www.orr.gov.uk/about/procuring-goods-and-services/e-tendering
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£25,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source5
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Nov 2025tender078042-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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