Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c2a-3c88-73d9-ab4d-802672d6a2b9/technical-and-commercial-advisory-support-for-group-commercial-services awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # Technical and Commercial Advisory support for Group Commercial Services [The Department for Transport](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-department-for-transport) Estimated value £60,000 Published 29 Jun 2018 Deadline Closed 28 May 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Award letter redacted for Specialist railway technical and commercial advisory services are required to manage Group Commercial Drectorate (GCD) Commercial Strategy and Policy team's projects. Due to the critical and time sensitive nature of these projects it is intended to appoint a preferred Supplier through the STAR Framework that has provided pervious support to the same programme and the expediency of the readily accessible knowledge and expertise would be advantageous. The project will comprise of the the following workstreams:- (i)Financial Testing to deliver a recommendation for GCD's Director General for implementation, (ii)Refresh and update the GCD Commercial Strategy to reflect the current objectives and deliverables of the Directorate, (iii)Represent DfT on a Cross Government Supplier Past Performance Working Group and help develop the recommendations that will define how DfT embeds the policy into its procurement activities, (iv)Represent DfT's input into a Cross Government Working Group on the Gender Pay Gap and engage with stakeholders to pursue effective and deliverable options, and to help GCD provide a robust commercial strategy and implement the policy on DfT Growth Agenda and EU Exit activities. ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a228b5f4-aba2-40c6-b7a0-2f18d68578ce) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile The Department for Transport: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-department-for-transport) [Sector More Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation · Northumberland County Council · 22 days left · 10 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-464d-73d3-9c3e-e81aa703d9f0/ncc1999-ne-rural-growth-programme-evaluation) [Nature recovery and intangible cultural heritage · Natural England · 25 days left · 12 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4787-7110-ab3a-3a405c46164b/nature-recovery-and-intangible-cultural-heritage) [Local Government Data Sharing Playbook: Multi-Agency Sharing in Children’s Social Care · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4947-728c-ad83-59c066944fda/local-government-data-sharing-playbook-multi-agency-sharing-in-childrens-socia) [Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector · Tewkesbury Borough Council · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15476-6446-722b-9ec6-44e39018b2f6/specialist-adviceadvisor-service-for-gloucestershires-advanced-engineering-and) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Forschungsprojekt - DZSF - Mobilitätskettenanalyse - Wie Verkehrsdaten den ländlichen Schienenverkehr stärken können · Eisenbahn-Bundesamt · 100 days left · 27 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2140-73b5-8807-5ad43f7122d9/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-f) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Begleitforschung Städtebauförderung - Wissenstransfer: Anwendungsleitfaden des Bundes zur Praxis Städtebauförderung · Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR) · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4375-730a-9135-c6d6d211cb68/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-b)