Official UK procurement notice
High Performance Switch Systems (HPSS)
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo help inform any future procurement event, Network Rail is undertaking Soft Market Testing via this PIN to gather information to understand the capability of the supply chain to manufacture and provide materials for High Performance Switch System which contains over 1000 components, this is broken down into lots as per the attached document. You are able to advise if you can provide for one lot, all lots or multiple lots. The Drawings are attached and this is stage 1 of a multi stage exercise, the next stage will be a site visit. We are looking to expand our supply chain. Your organisation’s assistance will help Network Rail determine how best to undertake any procurement event should one materialise and ensure contracts/frameworks formulated reflect what the supply market can deliver.
There is no guarantee that any procurement will take place because of this PIN questionnaire, but your organisation’s interest will be noted in the event that one is undertaken.
There is a provisional Lot Structure who's CPV codes are as per the pin, all the details can be found in the additional documentation.
CPV: Mild steel · Rails · Railway materials · Railway points · Signalling equipment · Steel · Switchgear
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This information can be found as attachments in the market engagement opportunity via…Planned
This information can be found as attachments in the market engagement opportunity via the view current opportunities link on the Bravo Homepage which can be found networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Aug 2025, 10:54 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2025, 10:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050065- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058b09Find a Tender
Publisher note: N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Aug 2025 → 20 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected20 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published20 Aug 2025, 10:54 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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.