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FW127 - Infrastructure Professional Services

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BuyerTranslink
StatusOpen
Deadline1 Oct 2026
Value£78,000,000
Published4 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Lot 1 Permanent-Way & Associated Services - This Lot will be for the delivery of professional services related to permanent way infrastructure projects and maintenance. Lot 2 Civil & Structural Professional Services - This Lot will be for the delivery of Professional Services related to Civil engineering and Structures infrastructure projects.

Categories

Civil engineering consultancy services 71311000Railway engineering services 71311230Structural engineering consultancy services 71312000Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works 71322000

Lot details

Permanent-Way & Associated Services

This Lot will be for the delivery of professional services related to permanent way infrastructure projects and maintenance.

Statusactive
Value£39,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Questions (100%)

Lot 2 Civil & Structural Professional Services

This Lot will be for the delivery of Professional Services related to Civil engineering and Structures infrastructure projects.

Statusactive
Value£39,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Questions (100%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Civil engineering consultancy services, Structural engineering consultancy services, Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works, Railway engineering servicesNot published
2Civil engineering consultancy services, Structural engineering consultancy services, Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works, Railway engineering servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Civil engineering consultancy services (71311000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 717,2924 median · 30.7 average (2,704 of 7,292 with a bid count)4.1 average (2,996 of 7,292 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2422 median · 2 average (2 of 242 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 242 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNA - PME conducted in November/December 2025
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f232
Latest release ID083874-2026
Latest release timestampFri Sep 04 2026 11:42:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083874-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-10-01T23:59:59+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-09-24T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2027-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailshttps://etendersni.gov.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£78,000,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Sept 2026tender083874-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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