This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Measuring Whole industry total factor productivity (TFP) of the railway in Great Britain
Authority: Office of Rail and Road (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent safety and economic regulator of Britain's railways. This project falls within ORR's strategic objective of delivering value-for-money on the railways.
In March 2025, we published a report on rail industry productivity, following a discussion paper in April 2024. Our latest report used measures such as train distance travelled, passenger journeys and Gross Value Added (GVA) as output measures to inform our productivity analysis. Other measures of output and productivity are possible which is what we seek to explore through this commission.
Hence, we are seeking support in creating a productivity metric such as Total Factor Productivity (TFP) for the rail industry in Great Britain. We hope that this will help us better understand current productivity levels but also set the baseline for measuring any productivity changes as the industry moves towards (and ultimately beyond) rail reform.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£80,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality 80% Price 20%
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
- Administrative change
- 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
- 11 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 13:56 BST
- Authority reference
ORR/CT/25-22- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039277- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055da8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
11 Jul 2025 → 10 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
- Clarification questions by28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:56 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jul 2025- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 13:47 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published3 Sept 2025, 11:21 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete3 Sept 2025, 11:21 BST
- Contract change notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:56 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed10 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH LIMITEDSME | £7,968,125 †ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 3 Sept 2025
- Value
- £7,968,125
- Period
- 3 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
- Status
- active
- Change proposed 10 Sept 2025 contract change notice published, new value £79,681
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender