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Published 17 Jul 2025, 15:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

High Voltage Protection Testing

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 21 Mar 2025
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The provision of testing resource able to absorb defined cyclical & reactive works, undertaking substation relay protection tests comprising of 1 Level A Protection Tester with required competency specific categories and one testing assistant per team both holding 1st aid for electrical accidents. This will be per lot. This test team will carry out Services in the following:

  • Feeder relay test (Electronic/ Electro-Mech): OC, EF & TLY, SIP
  • Rectifier & Transformer protection test (Electronic/Electro-Mech): Bulhholtz, OC & EF, biased differential (PTX)
  • Bus zone protection

The Supplier will endeavour to correct, in the same visit, faults identified during the testing to ensure a good service on site.

CPV: Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits · Railway engineering services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 2 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South West · Wessex Inner
31210000 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits
Lot #2Awarded
Delivery: South West
31210000 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits

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
  • “High Voltage Protection Testing” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
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
17 Jul 2025, 15:00 BST
Last source update
17 Jul 2025, 15:00 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041009
Classification (CPV)
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuitsRailway engineering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056169 Find a Tender

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 3busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 21 Mar 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,400,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • HV Protection Testing

    Signed
    21 Mar 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • HV Protection Testing

    Signed
    21 Mar 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · The provision of testing resource able to absorb defined cyclical & reactive works,…3bids———
2 · The provision of testing resource able to absorb defined cyclical & reactive works,…3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRailway services Waterloo General Offices, London, South West, SE1 8SWContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England & WalesReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.