Quick answer — Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)Last refreshed 04 Sept 2024

At a glance

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has awarded £25.6m across 10 suppliers, with 11 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 66% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 45% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration66%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share45%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 38 published notices and 30 awards on PublicSupply.

38
Notices published
30
Awards
10
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£550k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£304k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) — 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

Unspecified29 · £25.4m
goods1 · £3.6m
services7 · £3.1m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract38 · £32.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 29Find a Tender: 9

Awarded contracts · 11 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Toolng for Project Management - Power Framework PPMProgram Framework Ltd72000000£359k04 Sept 2024active
GB-London: Learning Management System 2024Cornerstone OnDemand Ltd48000000£118k25 Mar 2024active
GB-London: Mind Mental Health e-Learning packagesMIND (National Association of Mental Health)48000000£30k01 May 2023active
GB-London: 871722483 HR SystemCiphr Limited48000000£191k28 Jun 2024active
GB-London: 822979192 Occupational Health Services85147000£0active
EOI for Office Design and Fit Out45000000planned
Digital Rulebook AppMekon Limited£250kest.active
Digital Rulebook AppMekon Limited72000000£455k08 Aug 2023active
790032088 Pre-Audit Verification and Support (RISQS)48000000£2.0mest.active
790032088 Pre-Audit Verification and Support (RISQS)72260000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BB
1 contract · 04 Feb
£16.9m
66% of total
2
IG
1 contract · 17 Mar
£6.7m
26% of total
3
ML
2 contracts · SME · 08 Aug
£705kest.
3% of total
4
RA
1 contract · 25 Feb
£450k
2% of total
5
PF
1 contract · SME · 04 Sept
£359k
1% of total
▼ 100%
6
CL
1 contract · SME · 28 Jun
£191k
1% of total
▼ 100%
7
BB
1 contract · 29 Jan
£169k
1% of total
8
CO
1 contract · SME · 25 Mar
£118k
0% of total
910
···
2 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£55k
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£17.0m
53%
IT services, software
11 contracts
£7.5m
23%
Other
4 contracts
£4.5m
14%
Software packages, IT
11 contracts
£2.3m
7%
Support transport services
1 contract
£450k
1%
R&D services
3 contracts
£250k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Radio, TV, communications
IT services, software
Other
Software packages, IT
Support transport services
R&D services
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 (RSSB) 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.

45%
SME supplier share
target 33%
5
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
10
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Phil Evans
Email
Phil.Evans@rssb.co.uk

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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