Official UK procurement notice
CT4692 Programme Support Works Framework Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: East West Rail Company Limited (Central government)·On behalf of: ARCADIS LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast West Railway Company intends to procure a multi-lot Programme Support Works Framework to deliver a range of enabling, survey and early-stage works in support of the East West Rail programme.
The detail provided is indicative information only and subject to governance and funding.
The framework will provide a coordinated mechanism for the delivery of works required to prepare the route ahead of main construction. These activities are expected to include (but are not limited to):
*Ground investigation and site surveys
*Environmental mitigation and ecological works
*Utilities surveys and diversions
*Archaeological investigations and mitigation
*Early site establishment works (e.g. compounds, access routes, haul roads)
The purpose of the framework is to accelerate programme readiness, reduce delivery risk, and enable efficient mobilisation of future main works.
The estimated value is upto £500m ex VAT (subject to change) which is spread across all lots over a period of 8 years. The duration will be structured as a 4 year core term with the following optional extentions- 2 years, 1 year and a further 1 year (4+2+1+1).
The framework lots are aligned to market specialisms to encourage participation by SMEs and Tier 2/3 suppliers with multiple suppliers awarded to each lot other than Lot 0 which will be awarded to one single supplier:
Lot 0- Principle Contractor/Integrator
Lot 1- Historic Environment
Lot 2- Ground Investigation & Monitoring
Lot 3- Environmental & Ecological Surveys
Lot 4- Environmental & Ecological Works
Lot 5- Enabling Works
The procurement is expected to be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 using a Competitive Flexible Procedure, comprising:
Stage 1: Conditions of Participation (supplier selection / shortlisting)
Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (evaluation based on Most Advantageous Tender)
Evaluation will include consideration of:
*Quality
*Price
*Social value
The framework will use NEC4 contracting arrangements with call offs utilitising the appropriate form (ECC, PSC, ECSC, PCSC) and pricing options (A, C and E) depending on the scope and risk profile.
CPV: Archaeological services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Construction management services · Environmental management · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Excavating and earthmoving work · Gas distribution and related services · Geophysical surveys of archaeological sites · Ground investigation services · Road construction works · Site preparation work · +3 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Jan 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “CT4692 Programme Support Works Framework Preliminary Market Engagement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
East West Rail Company Limited has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 35 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–39%
4–633%
7+58%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4511Published estimate£500m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 140 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–311%
4–618%
7+69%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Last source update
- 26 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Authority reference
CT4692- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-049029- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a444Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
26 May 2026 → 1 Jan 2028 · 3 dates- Planning notice published149 days ago26 May 2026, 16:20 BST
- Tender notice expected51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Contract starts1 Jan 2028
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published26 May 2026, 16:20 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- ARCADIS LLPProcuring entityArcadis are the current Commercial Partner to East West Rail Co. and are have been supporting the development of the procurement strategy and associated tender documentation. Arcadis will be supporting the tendering activity through to award.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender