Independent Assessor Framework
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This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.
TfW is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to cover Independent Assessor services.
The proposed framework will provide specialist independent assessment and assurance services to verify compliance with railway safety, interoperability and regulatory requirements.
The framework will be divided into three lots: Lot 1 – Assessment Body (AsBo): Independent assessment against Common Safety Method (CSM-REA) requirements.
Lot 2 – AsBo / Approval Body (ApBo) / Designated Body (DeBo): Safety and interoperability assessment services against National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs) and National Technical Rules (NTRs).
Lot 3 – Independent Competent Person (ICP): Independent verification of compliance with ROGS requirements.
The framework will support assurance activities across TfW rail infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle.
Further information can be found in the Tender Documents published on the Atamis procurement portal.
What the supplier must deliver
The proposed framework will provide specialist independent
The proposed framework will provide specialist independent assessment and assurance services to verify compliance with railway safety, interoperability and regulatory requirements.
The framework will support assurance activities across
The framework will support assurance activities across TfW rail infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
TfW is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to cover Independent Assessor services.
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
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Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
- Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
- Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- tender · Open
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- 072731-2026
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