Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

High Performance Switch Systems (HPSS)

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2031 · starts 30 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To 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 published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 30 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST
Last source update
3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053397
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Mild steelRailsRailway materialsRailway pointsSignalling equipmentSteelSwitchgear
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0592d3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST
  2. Market engagement388 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please complete the questionnaire attached to this notice, in addition please review the drawings and information prior to completing the questionnaire. Any further information required please contact devon

  3. Contract starts27 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST
    UK2

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 (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure