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title: "Detection of buried services in track"
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# Detection of buried services in track

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/detection-of-buried-services-in-track-ocds-h6vhtk-02a403). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** 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.

## 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:** £100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway engineering services, Subsurface surveying services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a403`

## 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/detection-of-buried-services-in-track-ocds-h6vhtk-02a403#tl-md)

## Description
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).  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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71311230
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Development of a machine to provide the below information relating to buried obstacles below track level:
1.	Buried items within the excavation envelope of the BCS, TRS or conventional track renewals systems
2.	Buried services that may be within the ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007314-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-08T21:54:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T10:01:43.325Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a403