Quick answer — RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITEDLast refreshed 09 Dec 2025

At a glance

RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED has awarded £3.9m across 23 suppliers, with 78 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 25% · 25 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration25%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now25
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI31. Tracks 212 published notices and 167 awards on PublicSupply.

212
Notices published
167
Awards
23
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£690k
12 m spend
£919k
Prior 12 m
-25%
YoY change
£100k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

25

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services42 · £10.7m
Unspecified170 · £3.0m

Instrument type

contract204 · £13.6m
call off8 · £162k
Source:Contracts Finder: 160Find a Tender: 52

Awarded contracts · 78 live

All contracts with a published award notice where RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
1030972047 25-005 - Review of the operational requirements for GSMR radio - Phase 273110000£66kest.active
1016654387 2025-SUS-007 Rail Infrastructure Carbon Conventions73110000£125kest.active
1016654387 Expressions of Interest into the Rail Infrastructure Carbon Conventions73110000£100kest.planning
1016654387 Expressions of Interest into the Rail Industry Carbon Conventions73110000£100kest.planning
978798928 T1399 Interventions for improving platform/train stepping arrangementsOve Arup & Partners Limited£210kest.active
1008157290 T1414 Testing the feasibility of the use of solar reflective solutions on rolling stock73110000£120kest.active
1006978201 T1407 Ventilation improvements to existing stations73110000£130kest.active
1004169075 2025-SUS-004 Cost Benefit Analysis of Noise Mitigation on the Rail Network73110000£50kest.active
1004169075 2025-SUS-004 Cost Benefit Analysis of Noise Mitigation on the Rail Network73110000£150kest.active
976595394 T1400 Demonstrating the visibility and illumination of rolling stock external lightingOptiConsulting Limited£100kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
WP
2 contracts · 17 Aug
£966kest.
25% of total
2
OA
3 contracts · 23 May09 Dec
£495kest.
13% of total
▲ 180%
3
ML
1 contract · 02 Sept
£439k
11% of total
4
OA
2 contracts · 13 Nov
£400kest.
10% of total
New
5
RL
2 contracts · 15 Dec13 Mar
£373k
10% of total
▼ 100%
6
SL
3 contracts · 26 Nov31 Oct
£317k
8% of total
▼ 66%
7
UH
1 contract · 15 Nov
£162k
4% of total
8
GN
1 contract · 19 May
£160k
4% of total
▼ 100%
923
···
15 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£512k
13% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
7 contracts
£6.0m
44%
R&D services
118 contracts
£3.9m
28%
Other
18 contracts
£2.2m
16%
Business, legal, advisory
14 contracts
£1.1m
8%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£469k
3%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
R&D services
Other
0
0
0
0
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
23
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Companies House
04655675
Contact
Scheme Manager
Email
Scheme.manager@risqs.org

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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