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Published 3 Jun 2025, 15:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Drainage and Lineside Training Courses

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71)Education & Training (80)
+1 moreCleaning & Environmental Services (90)
 Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£5,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 2 Jan 2030 · starts 3 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NR Training are seeking to understand suppliers’ interest and capability, with the supply chain, to provide competent, qualified and trained instructors to deliver newly developed Drainage and Lineside courses IAW the Document Drainage & Lineside Training Trainer Specifications.

Trainer qualifications and experience would be required and is specified for each course and training requirements as per the Document Drainage & Lineside Training Trainer Specifications and NR/L2/CTM/202 (6.2.1 - Training competence of trainers)

CPV: Environmental engineering consultancy services · Environmental improvement works · Environmental management · Environmental planning · Environmental training services · Specialist training services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 3 Jan 2027 – 2 Jan 2030 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
45262640 Environmental improvement works71313000 Environmental engineering consultancy services80500000 Training services80510000 Specialist training services80540000 Environmental training services90710000 Environmental management

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Jun 2025, 15:22 BST
Last source update
3 Jun 2025, 15:22 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029579
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental engineering consultancy servicesEnvironmental improvement worksEnvironmental managementEnvironmental planningEnvironmental training servicesSpecialist training servicesTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052bb9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Jun 2025 → 3 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 15:22 BST
  2. Market engagement
    27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    Network Rail is using this market engagement to better understand the capability and assess the level of interest to deliver the current proposed approach. This feedback will help inform Network Rail how best to deliver this potential procurement event.

    For the sake of clarity, this is not a call to competition and no contract(s) will be awarded to any supplier as a result of participating in this exercise.

    The Market Engagement for the 'Drainage and Lineside Training Courses' will be conducted through the completion of a questionnaire. This questionnaire deadline is 27 June 2025.

    Responding to this Notice is an opportunity to engage, share relevant information and provide feedback.

    Should you wish to respond to this Notice please follow the instructions below:

    1. Accessing the documents:

    a. Follow the link: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗

    b. From the welcome screen, access the “Current Opportunities” link and select “Drainage and Lineside Training Courses”. Login is not required.

    c. The released documents will be at the bottom of the page in the attachments section.

    1. Once you have reviewed all the documents, please complete the questionnaire via the link provided within the market engagement document titled 'Drainage and Lineside Training Courses - Market Engagement. Please ensure you follow these instructions carefully to submit your information correctly.
    2. Any feedback, questions or clarifications in respect of this notice, should only be addressed to [email protected]
  3. Tender notice expected329 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 67 days
    3 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 15:22 BST
    UK2

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

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNZN-9524-VCQJ Waterloo General Office, London, London, SE1 8SWContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure