Passenger Services Cost Benchmarking Study

Buyer
Office of Rail and Road
Value
£90,000
Closes
23 November 2026
Where
London
Type
Open tender

In plain English

The Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator of Britain's railways, wants an expert study to work out why the costs of running passenger train services differ between operators and how those costs could be fairly compared. The outcome should be a practical method for judging whether operators are running efficiently and getting good value for money.

What the buyer wants

• Analyse the main factors that drive passenger train operating costs and how those factors affect each other, using existing Great Britain rail industry data • Recommend suitable benchmarking methods for comparing operator costs and efficiency • Produce a practical framework the regulator can use to assess value for money and spot opportunities for efficiency gains

Likely requirements

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The work needs advanced econometric (statistical cost-modelling) skills and detailed knowledge of rail industry cost data, so a small firm without a specialist analytical team would struggle to show the required expertise.

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