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title: "Autoballaster Dust Suppression Fitment"
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# Autoballaster Dust Suppression Fitment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/autoballaster-dust-suppression-fitment-ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Autoballaster Dust Suppression Fitment". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 June 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway freight wagons
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/autoballaster-dust-suppression-fitment-ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b`

## Before you bid
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- **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/autoballaster-dust-suppression-fitment-ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/autoballaster-dust-suppression-fitment-ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b#participate

## Description
The fitment of dust suppression technology to the Autoballaster wagon fleet will reduce health and safety risks including visibility and exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). This exposure is a result of granite dust being liberated during the unloading of the ballast at worksites. The aim of this project is to enhance the effectiveness of NR’s fleet of Autoballasters with an effective liquid dust suppression system.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34621100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Autoballasters are essential maintenance vehicles and used to ensure the safe running of the railway, delivering aggregate to worksites nationally. 
The aim of this requirement is to address a known occupational health and operational safety risk ass...
- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2021 to 30/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011273-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-20T21:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:59:20.555Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b37b