How to win: Client Support Framework (CSF)

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The East West Railway Company (the Authority) is responsible for the delivery of East West Rail (EWR), a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project providing new and upgraded rail links between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge. EWR Co. is responsible for leading the development, procurement, and commissioning of the railway. The Authority is undertaking a procurement for Client Support Framework (CSF) Partners to support the development and delivery of the EWR programme. Overview of the Intended Contract The Authority is establishing a 3 lot / single appointed supplier per lot framework for the provision of Client Support Services (CSF) for a period of twelve (12) years. Relationship with the ITOAE Partner The Authority is separately procuring an Integration, Technical, Operations, Assurance and Environmental (ITOAE) Partner. The Authority's current position is that the CSF partners will be structurally separated from the ITOAE, such that the appointed CSF Partners will not be eligible to be appointed under the ITOAE for the duration of the CSF contracts. The purpose of this separation is to protect the independence of assurance and advice, to mitigate real or perce

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — East West Rail Company Limited scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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