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# Modification Notice - Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Services for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework (STAR 2 )

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/modification-notice-specialist-technical-and-commercial-advisory-services-for-rail-and-oth-ocds-h6vhtk-02c899). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Modification Notice - Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Services for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework (STAR 2 )". Published status: awardUpdate. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

> **Administrative change notice:** this document announces a change to an existing contract or market; no new tender or admission is opened.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport systems consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c899`

## 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/modification-notice-specialist-technical-and-commercial-advisory-services-for-rail-and-oth-ocds-h6vhtk-02c899#tl-md)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Modification Notice - Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Services for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework (STAR 2)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** To support the department’s commitment to increase the level of investment in transport it requires access to specialist technical and commercial advisory support. STARTwo framework enables access to high quality, professionally qualified and experie...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Services for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework (STAR 2) (active)
  - Award id: `016679-2021-STARTwo-1`
  - Supplier(s): **APS Partnership Limited, Additae Artes Limited, Alchemmy Consulting Limited (+36 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89639`, `GB-FTS-124582`, `GB-FTS-89662`, `GB-FTS-29490`, `GB-PPON-PLLV-1772-YDYN`, `GB-FTS-22608`, `GB-COH:OC366907`, `GB-FTS-186785`, `GB-FTS-22595`, `GB-FTS-22596`, `GB-FTS-22599`, `GB-FTS-186958`, `GB-FTS-82933`, `GB-FTS-186770`, `GB-FTS-22601`, `GB-COH:OC307742`, `GB-FTS-159772`, `GB-FTS-22605`, `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-COH-OC301540`, `GB-FTS-22607`, `GB-FTS-3023`, `GB-FTS-12562`, `GB-FTS-22610`, `GB-FTS-89655`, `GB-FTS-186781`, `GB-FTS-74936`, `GB-FTS-22611`, `GB-FTS-39192`, `GB-FTS-185782`, `GB-FTS-36864`, `GB-COH:01883830`, `GB-FTS-89650`, `GB-FTS-22594`, `GB-FTS-22618`, `GB-FTS-181415`, `GB-FTS-22619`, `GB-FTS-22620`
  - Value: £157,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Services for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework (STAR 2) (active)
  - Signed Value: £157,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2019

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016679-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-15T21:45:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:52:39.444Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c899