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# #24720 - Haulage tender (pre-market engagement)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/24720-haulage-tender-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-0310d5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "#24720 - Haulage tender (pre-market engagement)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0310d5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/24720-haulage-tender-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-0310d5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/24720-haulage-tender-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-0310d5#participate

## Description
The purpose of this Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) and associated documents is to engage with the market to assess the level of interest in/ ability to provide future requirements for rail haulage and associated services for Network Rail.
Interested parties can download the Pre-tender Market Engagement (PME) pack and associated questionnaire from Network Rail's BravoNR online sourcing platform
   https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/
Click on the 'View Current Opportunities' link
Then select '#24720 - Haulage tender (pre-market engagement)'
The PME questionnaire can be downloaded by clicking on the link to 'pqq_2581 - Pre-market Engagement - Rail Haulage Requirement' from within the opportunity listing.

## Lots (3)
### Lot Lot 1 - Haulage Services: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1 - Haulage Services`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 60200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Network Rail will require supply of haulage services from the external supply chain covering locomotives, drivers, ground staff, loads examiners, shunting and wagons. Haulage services will operate, as currently, under the supplier’s safety case on th...

### Lot Lot 2 - Local Distribution Centre (LDC) Services: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 2 - Local Distribution Centre (LDC) Services`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 60200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** LDCs are currently based at the locations as described in the documents that accompany this Notice.
Network Rail is interested in identifying additional LDC locations (not owned by Network Rail) that prospective Tenderers could offer in addition to e...

### Lot Lot 3 - Operation and Maintenance of the Existing Rail Delivery (RDF) Fleet: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 3 - Operation and Maintenance of the Existing Rail Delivery (RDF) Fleet`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 60200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Network Rail delivers rail, and switch and crossing layouts, using eight rail delivery trains, three long welded rail trains, and train consists utilising fifty tilting wagons, and eight beam carriers respectively. 
This requirement  will be for the ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002619-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-28T22:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T00:15:36.364Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0310d5