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 publishedProcedure 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0592d3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BST
- Market engagement388 days ago3 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
- Contract starts27 days ago30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Sept 2025, 09:56 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender