--- title: "Intra-company benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals expenditure" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077763" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077763" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077763.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077763.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD" published: "2026-09-22" --- # Intra-company benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals expenditure Buyer: OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077763 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077763) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077763.json) ## Summary The Office of Rail and Road is commissioning financial management consultancy to benchmark Network Rail’s maintenance and renewals expenditure for 2025–26. The work will examine the drivers of expenditure and changes over time, supporting assessment of value for money and cost efficiency. It forms part of the Office of Rail and Road’s top-down benchmarking programme, alongside its wider use of bottom-up reviews of Network Rail’s business plans and performance. The required approach includes cost-driver analysis and statistical, including econometric, benchmarking, with cost drivers tested against sound engineering judgement. Services are to be delivered in the United Kingdom and relate to Network Rail’s expenditure on maintenance and renewals. This is a single consultancy requirement suitable for specialist economic, engineering and infrastructure-cost advisers. The process reached tender: the Office of Rail and Road invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. The deadline for enquiries was 6 October 2026 at 17:00, and the tender submission deadline was 20 October 2026 at 17:00. The contract is scheduled to run from 2 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, with an option for one extension of up to 12 months, potentially to 28 February 2028. The estimated value is £75,000 excluding VAT (£90,000 including VAT). Evaluation is based on methodology (30%), delivery (25%), relevant experience (25%) and cost/value for money (20%). Bidders must offer a fixed fee including expenses, with stage-by-stage pricing and applicable day rates. This opportunity suits consultancies able to combine economic and engineering expertise in rail, infrastructure or regulated-asset expenditure. Strong bidders will be able to analyse cost drivers, apply econometric methods, handle and resolve data issues, and use sound engineering judgement to test the results. The requirement also calls for robust quality assurance, knowledge sharing and close partnership with the Office of Rail and Road’s project manager. Suppliers should demonstrate disciplined project delivery, including milestone management, risk and dependency mitigation, and the ability to provide additional resources when needed. Relevant organisations must provide CVs for both the economic and engineering consultants who will deliver the work, together with examples of similar projects. The contract is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. ## Notice This project aim is understanding the drivers of Network Rail's expenditure, including the reasons for changes over time, is key to understanding value for money - of which cost efficiency is a key part. To achieve this, we use a range of complementary approaches including bottom-up assessments of Network Rail's business plans and performance, and top-down cost benchmarking using statistical (econometric) methods. This work relates to our top-down benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals expenditure for the year from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 ('2025-26'). ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: The contract will be for 4 months with an option for ORR to extend the contract deadline for one period for up to 12 months. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089570-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 20 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 28 Feb 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £75,000 | | Lots value | £75,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | East London | | Postcode | E14 4QZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Canary Wharf | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services ## Release History - 22 Sep 2026 at 12:07 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089570-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089570-2026 22nd September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-22764 ## Notice URLs - https://orr.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/5056534001A0C8C8BA5F - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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