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Network availability/possession management - Periodic Review 23, stakeholder engagement and additional assurance for ORR

Historical · ContractNo open deadline

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £38,025Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Fri 23 Sep 2022, 10:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 23 Sep 2022, 10:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 12 Oct 2022
Region: North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

We are looking for a consultant to engage with stakeholders and provide its expert opinion, to help ORR to reach a robust evidence-based policy position on its new approach to monitoring network availability and possession management in CP7. This will help us build a robust proposal, informed by the views of operators, the infrastructure manager and other stakeholders impacted by both the change in incentive regime and our monitoring approach.

In terms of wider outcomes, this study should provide evidence for a robust approach for monitoring network availability and possession management in CP7 to be outlined in our Final Determination, published in October 2023. This should be based on a suite of measures and qualitative information we can use to monitor Network Rail. We do not expect this work to propose the development of new metrics to monitor Network Rail's management of possessions and network availability, ahead of implementation of rail reform. Instead, this work should highlight the strengths and weaknesses of current measures, so GBR can consider these in the development of any future measures post rail reform.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

71311200 79400000
71000000 71300000 71310000 71311000 79000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

12 Oct 2022
Contract notice
Contract notice published 12 October 2022.
Release c6a494ef-4844-4000-9d0c-5d525a12d6b4
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £38,025.

08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference: c6a494ef-4844-4000-9d0c-5d525a12d6b4
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Stage: contract · Contract
Last verified: Thu 9 Apr 2026, 23:03 BST
Read at: Sun 25 Oct 2026, 18:35 GMT

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