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Published 22 May 2025, 10:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Helicopter Services to Deliver Aerial Survey Work

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£30,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 4 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 7 yrs 1 moends 30 Apr 2034 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Aerial Survey work via helicopter services

CPV: Aerial and related services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
7 yrs 1 mo · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 7 yrs 1 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 30 Apr 2034 (7 yrs 1 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
60440000 Aerial and related services

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Helicopter Services to Deliver Aerial Survey Work” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Utilities
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 May 2025, 10:43 BST
Last source update
2 Jun 2025, 16:01 BST
Authority reference
37888
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029264
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Aerial and related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051cf1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 10:43 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 16:01 BST
  3. Market engagement
    6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    Supplier Event

    Network Rail will be hosting a market engagement event for Aerial (Helicopter) Survey Services on Friday 6th June 2025.

    The event will be hosted on TEAMS and shall commence at 11.00am. The objective of this event is for Network Rail to provide information to potential suppliers on manned helicopter aerial services; how the services currently works and developments of the service during CP7.

    If you would like to express an interest in attending market engagement event for Aerial (Helicopter) Survey Services for Network Rail please email [email protected] In the subject line of your email please state, ‘Market Engagement Event - Network Rail Manned Helicopter Aerial Services.’

    In return you will receive a confirmation email of your booking as well as a series of market consultation questions which will where upon your responses will assist Network Rail in developing the strategy for the servicing of its aerial services requirement.

  4. Tender notice expected
    4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 153 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2025, 10:43 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:48 BST
    UK2
  3. Pipeline notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 16:01 BST
    UK1
  4. Published value updated to £30,000,000
    2 Jun 2025, 16:01 BST
    was £3,000,000
  5. Status changed to planned
    2 Jun 2025, 16:01 BST

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, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure