Official UK procurement notice
Detection of buried services in track
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
The project seeks to identify opportunities to develop a technological solution which can identify the presence of buried obstructions in advance of core track renewals activities, and will form part of the pre-construction information pack. These obstacles can impede the normal operation of Network Rail’s ballast cleaning system (BCS) or Track Renewals systems (TRS). With regards to Items 2 and 3, the depth and position of obstacles shall be required.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project seeks to identify opportunities to develop a technological solution which can identify the presence of buried obstructions in advance of core track renewals activities, and will form part of the pre-construction information pack. These obstacles can impede the normal operation of Network Rail’s ballast cleaning system (BCS) or Track Renewals systems (TRS). The location and depth of obstructions which cross under the track or run parallel with it, and may therefore fall within the sub-ground operating envelope of the BCS or TRS, are to be identified. The system may also be employed for conventional track renewal methodologies, where finding buried assets is important.
CPV: Railway engineering services · Subsurface surveying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Development of a machine to provide the below information relating to buried obstacles…Planned
Development of a machine to provide the below information relating to buried obstacles below track level:
- Buried items within the excavation envelope of the BCS, TRS or conventional track renewals systems
- Buried services that may be within the excavation envelope of Network Rails BCS, TRS or conventional track renewals systems
- Other buried sub-ground infrastructure such as under-bridge or platform foundations or drainage systems within the excavation envelope of BCS, TRS or conventional track renewals systems, which cross under the track or run parallel with the alignment of the track.
With regards to Items 2 and 3, the depth and position of obstacles shall be required.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Apr 2021, 22:54 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2021, 22:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007314- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Apr 2021 → 15 Apr 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published8 Apr 2021, 22:54 BST
- Tender notice expected15 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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