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title: "Award Notice Independent Commercial & Procurement Assurance Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047074"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD"
published: "2025-03-28"
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# Award Notice Independent Commercial & Procurement Assurance Services

Buyer: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047074

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## Summary

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd has issued two tenders for procurement consultancy services. The first tender, published on 28 March 2025, is at the award stage and focuses on providing independent commercial and procurement assurance services to support Network Rail's internal teams. The awarded suppliers for this contract, worth approximately £4.37 million, are Rowsell Wright Limited and Pixel Global Limited. The key industry category is procurement consultancy, with work to be carried out across the UK. The procurement method used was a competitive procedure with negotiation. The second tender, published on 17 June 2024, is currently active and valued at £2 million. It also aims to secure independent commercial and procurement assurance services for Network Rail, with a contract period starting on 1 April 2025 and ending on 31 March 2028. Both tenders require services to be delivered on a flexible and as-needed basis, complementing Network Rail's internal resources during peaks in workload and complex projects.

These tenders present significant opportunities for businesses specialising in procurement consultancy, audit, and internal assurance services. Companies with expertise in contract management, commercial activities, and regulated procurement could greatly benefit from these contracts, especially those capable of providing flexible and reliable support during high workload periods. The awarded framework will be crucial in ensuring that Network Rail's commercial and procurement activities are conducted with rigorous oversight and quality assurance, creating opportunities for growth and long-term partnerships with one of the UK's key infrastructure organisations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like Rowsell Wright Limited and Pixel Global Limited are particularly well-suited to compete in these tenders, given their capacity to offer specialised and adaptable consultancy services.

## Notice

Network Rail awarded a framework to provide independent commercial & procurement (C&P) assurance services to support the commercial & procurement assurance teams across Network Rail.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Commercial & Procurement Assurance teams across Network Rail are responsible for the delivery of sourcing and contract management ('SCM') assurance activities on behalf of Network Rail's Group Commercial and Procurement Director. SCM assurance is designed to ensure sufficient internal reviews are conducted throughout the sourcing and contract management lifecycle and that documents and decisions have received adequate oversight prior to reaching governance approval points. Network Rail is seeking the award of two suppliers to support in undertaking independent assurance review activities on procurements with a contract value over PS20m and some selected projects under PS20m where there is an increased risk profile or where a region has a lower threshold for assurance External independent assurance is required during peaks in workload and when the C&P Assurance teams do not have the capacity to deliver the services in-house. Therefore, resource is required on a flexible basis to complement the C&P Assurance team's resource and will be required to undertake independent commercial and assurance reviews on an "as required" basis. Assurance is required on outputs at various stages of the commercial lifecycle, including Sourcing Strategy, Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender documentation (ITT), evaluation and moderation records, Recommendation to Award (RTA), Contract Management Plan (CMP) including the contract mobilisation plan, Contract Variation and other Contract Management activities. The Supplier will utilise their knowledge and experience in procurement, contract management and assurance to provide advice relating to key regulated procurement and commercial activities.

Options: Option to extend up to two years in one year increments

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011767-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,182,722 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8SW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | PIXEL GLOBAL; ROWSELL WRIGHT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- 79210000 - Accounting and auditing services
- 79212000 - Auditing services
- 79212200 - Internal audit services
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

## Release History

- 28 Mar 2025 at 13:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011767-2025
- 17 Jun 2024 at 13:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018618-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57893
- https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
- https://www.networkrail.co.uk

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