Official UK procurement notice
Heaton RSS Feasibility Phase 1
Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn order to identify the optimum solution to address the issues identified at Heaton, an external supplier will be procured to produce the following deliverables:
Survey strategy and reports from specific surveys.
Validate reports, previous work, and proposed changes against applicable rules and constraints
Risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies log.
Compliance with safety and design assurance requirements, Northern policies, and regulatory and industry rules and standards.
Overall feasibility report including constructability assessment and concept design.
Options identification report containing appraisal of possible options.
Single option agreement in principle – define the preferred single option for each scheme and obtain agreement in principle with stakeholders.
Preliminary design - multidisciplinary design of the selected single option.
Design specification of requirements for inclusion in the ITT pack for design stage.
Northern Trains Ltd, is a Train Operating Company (TOC) that operates passenger rail services in the north of England. Northern Trains Ltd is publishing this notice to establish a contract with a single supplier to carry out a feasibility study on Heaton Depot.
The nature of the arrangement is that services will be supplied under a JCT Consultancy Agreement.
Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway:
under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or
in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body.
The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/public-regi… ↗.
Novation or Assignment
The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance.
Other Information
Northern Trains Limited expressly reserves the right: not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers.
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CPV: Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£261,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality criteria: 55%
- Price Criteria: 40%
- Social Value Criteria: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality criteria
- Price Criteria
- Social Value Criteria
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Feb 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2026, 14:37 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013587- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065449Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Feb 2026 → 3 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published251 days ago13 Feb 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by219 days ago17 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline219 days ago17 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts161 days ago14 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published111 days ago3 Jul 2026, 14:37 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Feb 2026- Tender notice published13 Feb 2026, 16:05 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published3 Jul 2026, 14:37 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete3 Jul 2026, 14:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramboll UK Limited | £261,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Ramboll UK Limited
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- £261,000
- Period
- 2 Jun 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ramboll UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender