## Annex C Approvals Committee - 7 October 2010

1.  
Since the last Board meeting on 23rd September, our approval committee has met on 7 October to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment.  
2. 

The cases considered are listed below: 

| Committee                 | Meeting    |
|---------------------------|------------|
| date                      |            |
| Ref: No. &                |            |
| directorate               |            |
| Summary of                |            |
| application               |            |
| Consultancy/              |            |
| recruit                   |            |
| Decision                  |            |
| RRV runaway -             |            |
| engagement of HSL for     |            |
| expert work               |            |
| Consultancy               | Approved   |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 37- RSD                   |            |
| £28,200 (including        |            |
| £14,300 previously        |            |
| approved by DCS)          |            |
| Consultancy               | Approved * |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 40 - RPP                  |            |
| Relative infrastructure   |            |
| managers' efficiency -    |            |
| consideration of the gap  |            |
| between Network Rail      |            |
| and other European        |            |
| comparators               |            |
| £34,250                   |            |
| Engagement of technical   |            |
| Web specialist            |            |
| Recruitment               | Approved   |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 41 - EA                   |            |
| £33,860                   |            |
| Internal audit services   |            |
| Internal audit            | Approved   |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 43 - CS                   |            |
| £75,000 for two years     |            |
| Consultancy               | Approved * |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 44 - RME                  |            |
| Explaining Network Rail's |            |
| inefficiency gap:         |            |
| assessing                 |            |
| macroeconomic and         |            |
| structural factors        |            |
| £80,000                   |            |
| Consultancy               | Approved * |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 45 - RME                  |            |
| Real unit operating       |            |
| expenditure and frontier  |            |
| shift benchmarking of     |            |
| Network Rail              |            |
| £50,000                   |            |
| Recruitment               | Approved   |
| 7 October                 |            |
| 2010                      |            |
| 46 - CS                   |            |
| Extension to temporary    |            |
| Grade E post to 25        |            |
| February 2011             |            |
£9,000 
External recruitment of economist 
Recruitment 
Approved 
7 October 
2010 
47 - RME 
Grade E, London 

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener 
3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below 
£20,000 which are subject to approval by corporate services. There has been one application approved totalling £587.