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title: "Financial Advisors for Rail Matters"
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# Financial Advisors for Rail Matters

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-advisors-for-rail-matters-ocds-h6vhtk-02ced2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Merseytravel: "Financial Advisors for Rail Matters". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Sept 2021, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Merseytravel](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/merseytravel-GB-PPON-PJQR-8469-DXQD)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ced2`

## 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/financial-advisors-for-rail-matters-ocds-h6vhtk-02ced2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-advisors-for-rail-matters-ocds-h6vhtk-02ced2#participate

## Description
Merseytravel wishes to appoint a single Financial Services firm to act as its principal external financial advisors in relation to rail matters for a period of 3 years.
The appointed financial advisors, together with externally appointed commercial,legal and technical advisors as appropriate, will advise a variety of staff within Merseytravel and LCRCA including:
•	Directors
•	Integrated Transport and Rail Teams
•	Rolling Stock Team
•	OLR Team
•	Legal Team
•	Finance Team
It will be vital to form coherent and cohesive working teams and ensure that advice and workstreams are aligned throughout the organisation.  Given the technical and specialist nature of rail operations, the appointed financial advisors may be required to advise in conjunction with other external consultants including commercial, legal and technical advisors.
In delivering the services financial advisors will also be required to work closely with members of Merseytravel’s internal finance team and where possible help to upskill them in relevant areas and disciplines.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Merseytravel wishes to appoint a single Financial Services firm to act as its principal external financial advisors in relation to rail matters for a period of 3 years.
The appointed financial advisors, together with externally appointed commercial,l...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018276-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-30T13:58:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:23:06.639Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ced2