Independent Commercial and Assurance Review Service Provider

Concepts

• procurement consultancy
• procurement assurance review service provider
• independent commercial and procurement assurance review service provider
• independent commercial
• consultancy services
• quality assurance system
• independent assurance review activities
• commercial activities
• independent commercial and assurance review service provider
• assurance activities

Location

United Kingdom: The majority of the services may be provided remotely from the Suppliers’ own premises or from home with occasional face-to-face meetings

Description

Independent Commercial and Procurement Assurance Review Service Provider. Network Rail seeks to appoint an Independent Commercial and Procurement Assurance Review Service Provider to provide independent assurance review activities on procurements with a contract value over £75m and some selected projects under £75m.

Total Quantity or Scope

The RS C&P Procurement Operations team is responsible for the delivery of sourcing and contract management (‘SCM’) assurance activities on behalf of Network Rail’s Group Commercial and Procurement Director. 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. The Supplier will be required to support the C&P Risk & Assurance team in undertaking independent assurance review activities on procurements with a contract value over £75m and some selected projects under £75m. 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. Additional information: We anticipate that the call for competition will be published around 14/03/22 on our tendering portal https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk

CPV Codes

• 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
• 72224200 - System quality assurance planning services
• 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 79212110 - Corporate governance rating services
• 79212200 - Internal audit services
• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This notice is for “prior information only" and not intended as a call for competition or to reduce the time limit for the receipt of tenders. Network Rail is not able to provide further information on the scope of services or Pre-Qualification questions in advance of the tender being published. A Contract Notice will be published in due course. For the estimated date refer to section 11.3) Estimated date of Publication of contract notice.