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# East West Rail Company (EWR Co) CS2 & CS3 Route Wide: Pre-Procurement Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/east-west-rail-company-ewr-co-cs2-cs3-route-wide-pre-procurement-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02b4f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East West Rail Company Limited: "East West Rail Company (EWR Co) CS2 & CS3 Route Wide: Pre-Procurement Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East West Rail Company Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-west-rail-company-limited-GB-COH-11072935)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Building installation work, Command, control, communication systems, Construction work, Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport (+18 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b4f6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/east-west-rail-company-ewr-co-cs2-cs3-route-wide-pre-procurement-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02b4f6#tl-md)

## Description
East West Rail is an ambitious project that involves bringing back into use a section of railway that was closed to passengers in the 1960s, refurbishing existing railway lines between Oxford and Bedford, as well as building brand new railway infrastructure between Bedford and Cambridge.
East West Railway Company (EWR Co) was set up as an innovative new way to deliver this project with a customer focus and excellent value-for-money. 
Further information on the East West Rail values and objectives can be found in the linked video. East West Rail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-SYIHNe6I

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32260000, 32524000, 34620000, 34632200, 35711000, 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** EWR Co intends to procure suitably experienced organisation(s), with the experience, capacity and capability of successfully designing and building a new railway network across a live railway environment (online) and greenfield site (offline) with ex...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011652-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-25T17:14:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T12:59:02.194Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b4f6