The Department for Transport’s Rail Executive (the “Authority”) seeks to procure the very best expertise available within the marketplace that offer specialist technical and commercial rail advisory services that support the Authority’s rail contracting, major rail projects and programmes and other rail-related activities. We have developed this framework to support the delivery of the Authority’s rail aims which will be structured to reflect the full range of advisory and specialist requirements that will be called upon from time to time in terms of specialist experience and professional expertise. We wish to develop depth and breadth in capability within our supply chain and to support that objective we have designed the framework so as to attract a variety of differing sized organisations, including small and medium enterprises.