Official UK procurement notice
Eastern Region RRV Replacement
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is issuing this contract award notice to establish a contract for the supply of 20 no. Road Rail Vehicle with Mobile Elevated Working Platforms and a Drum Carrier Module.
These vehicles will be integral to overhead line maintenance operations and are designed to enhance the efficiency and reliability of Network Rail's current fleet.
- How the procedure runs: **A briefing for tenderers will take place at 10:00 17/09/25. Please contact [email protected] for an invite to the briefing. This will be a one way communication with no questions taken** ITT comprising of a qualification, technical and commercial envelope. Candidate’s must satisfy the conditions of participation in order to participate in the Procurement and have their ITT submission evaluated. A minimum pass mark of 50% will be applied to the technical envelope in Stage 1. The four (4) highest scoring tenderers following the ITT will be progressed to Stage 2. Stage 2 comprises of Supplier presentations that will be held at a Network Rail office with the location to be advised in due course. The tenderers score from the presentation will be combined with their original score from Stage 1 to produce a Final Tender Score.
CPV: Railway maintenance or service vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£16,000,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- Stage 1 Score: The Stage 1 Score is comprised of 60% Techincal and 40% Commercial
- Stage 2 Score: The Stage 2 Score is comprised of 30% Presentation, 15% Social Value and 55% derived from the Stage 1 Score.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 14:46 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2026, 14:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
project_42920- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056581- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051e57Find a Tender
- How it runs
**A briefing for tenderers will take place at 10:00 17/09/25. Please contact [email protected] for an invite to the briefing. This will be a one way communication with no questions taken**
ITT comprising of a qualification, technical and commercial envelope. Candidate’s must satisfy the conditions of participation in order to participate in the Procurement and have their ITT submission evaluated. A minimum pass mark of 50% will be applied to the technical envelope in Stage 1. The four (4) highest scoring tenderers following the ITT will be progressed to Stage 2. Stage 2 comprises of Supplier presentations that will be held at a Network Rail office with the location to be advised in due course. The tenderers score from the presentation will be combined with their original score from Stage 1 to produce a Final Tender Score.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 16 Jul 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 14:46 BST
- Market engagement6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The Market Engagement for the "Eastern Region RRV Replacement" will be conducted through the completion of a questionnaire.
This questionnaire must be returned by 6th June 2025.
To access the Market Engagement submission document, please follow these steps:
- Visit our Bravo site using the link provided below.
Link to Bravo: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- On the Bravo login page, locate and select the "View Current Opportunities" option at the bottom left of the page. Find and select the link for " Eastern Region RRV Replacement” to access the documents available for the market engagement exercise.
There is no need to log in to Bravo to access the opportunity. You can view and download the necessary documents without logging in.
The instructions for returning the market engagement information are detailed within the Market Engagement document titled "RRV MEWP Market Engagement FINALv2" with a link to an MS Form within. Please ensure you follow these instructions carefully to submit your information correctly. A further document with the Draft Specification is titled “Scope – Pre-Market – OTP MEWP 1—18t Eastern Region”
- Next notice expected20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 13:54 BST
- Clarification questions by382 days ago9 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by223 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent207 days ago2 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends199 days ago9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published102 days ago16 Jul 2026, 14:29 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 May 2025, 14:46 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 13:54 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Sept 2025, 13:54 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Sept 2025, 13:54 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST15 Sept 2025, 13:54 BST
- Contract award notice published27 Mar 2026, 12:31 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Mar 2026, 12:31 GMT
- Contract award notice published7 Apr 2026, 14:37 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Jul 2026, 14:29 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 15 Sept 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN J HARGREAVES PLANT ENGINEERS LIMITEDEastern Region RRV MEWP Replacement27 Apr 2026 – 27 Mar 2030Amended: Extended standstill period. Will now end on the 14th April | £12,463,820same award published again · counted once | 2 Apr 2026standstill to 9 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
| ALLAN J HARGREAVES PLANT ENGINEERS LIMITED | £12,463,820 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · ALLAN J HARGREAVES PLANT ENGINEERS LIMITED
- Signed
- 15 Jun 2026
- Value
- £12,463,820
- Period
- 15 Jun 2026 – 19 Aug 2030
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Delivery · Quality · Social Value
- Delivery, On-time in full. Reflects the extent to which the organisation has met its obligation to complete on time and in full the delivery of the vehicle to specification, at the place agreed, by the time expected. Delivery time will be an average of the units delivered in that 6 months period.
- Quality, Percentage of vehicles that are compliant with the specification. Represents the percentage of vehicles passing compliance tests without rework
- Social Value, Annual reduction percentage of absolute CO2 emissions per £1m turnover
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winFitzgerald Plant Services Limited · Wales (Cymru)
- wonAllan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Limited · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers LimitedAwarded supplier
- Fitzgerald Plant Services LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender