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Office of Rail and Road

Cost Benefit Analysis for competing Great Western Mainline track access applications - Independent Audit

R&DCPV 73200000
Value£40k
Deadline3 Sept 2026
Published6 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Aug 202626 days leftCloses 3 Sept 2026
Who to contact
procurementteam@orr.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

If you wish to join the ITT, please can you ensure you are registered on the e-tendering portal by visiting and registering via this link; https://www.orr.gov.uk/about/procuring-goods-and-services/e-tendering Once you have registered on the e-tendering system, the ITT will be available via this link; https://orr.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/85683530019FD699984C

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£40ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Office of Rail and Road has published 6 Research & Development notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.

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The brief

ORR wishes to procure an independent audit of the assumptions, methodology, calculations and outputs of the demand & revenue forecasting and cost-benefit analysis to provide assurance on the robustness and suitability of the analysis for informing ORR's decision-making.

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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  • 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

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ddbd
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
074732-2026
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