# BenchSmart Phase 2 - Detailed Design\. Direct Award

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DfTc - Department for Transport.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DfTc - Department for Transport](/buyers/dftc-department-for-transport/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Arcadis Consulting \(UK\) Limited](/suppliers/arcadis-consulting-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £143,736
- Tender value: £143,736
- Award date: 13 February 2026
- Published: 19 February 2026
- Contract start: 16 February 2026
- Contract end: 15 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a6d7abe6-0134-4947-a623-758e6ff57977-884764
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2e15d1b0-c9f8-4b82-85d2-68ef6abb4fd3

## Description

Following an initial feasibility study to determine how a sector-wide benchmarking tool could be developed, as well as engaging with key ALBs that would need to use such a tool, this contract is for specialist technical advisors to provide project support, including subject matter experts, to develop a detailed design solution for a sector-wide benchmarking tool, known as BenchSmart, based on Network Rail's latest railway asset categorisation and developed specifically for benchmarking purposes\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a6d7abe6-0134-4947-a623-758e6ff57977-884764)