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Historical Railways Estate - Examinations Contracts

Architectural
construction
engineering and inspection services
UK
Published value
£25,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: National Highways Limited: "Historical Railways Estate - Examinations Contracts". Published status: planned. Published value: £25,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Highways LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£25,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: National Highways Limited
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Published history for National Highways Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Ernst & Young LLPTop vendor: 45.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 169 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Ernst & Young LLP1 win£1,445,000
United Utilities Water Limited1 win£822,198
Socotec UK Limited1 win£300,000
Fingleton Limited1 win£260,000
Cardiff University1 win£240,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Highways Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
Last source update19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069c10
What is being bought
Replacement contracts for the existing Historical Railways Estate Examinations contracts which expire in March 2028. The Historical Railways Estate (HRE) is a collection of over 3,100 structures and assets which were once part of Britain's rail network, with many structures that are over 100 years old. These structures reside within England, Scotland & Wales. Once managed by BRB (Residuary) Limited, which was dissolved in 2013, National Highways has been responsible for looking after these structures on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT) since September 2013. The Estate is made up of a wide variety of structures and other assets that National Highways is required to maintain and make safe, so the work generally involves repairs, strengthening, restoration and cyclical maintenance/surveys/inspections. National Highways cannot provide these services in-house and therefore is required to outsource these activities to compliant suppliers. Further Details relating to HRE is available on the National Highways website: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/historical-railways-estate/about-the-hre/ Scope requirements: Visual & Detailed examinations of structures. Compliance with Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 Emergency Callouts for incidences such as: - Bridge strikes - Parapet damage - Trespass fence repair - Reports from Local Authority of potentially unsafe structures - Bridge markings - Monitoring of defects
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £25,000,000
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
  2. Procedure published
    19 May 2026, 15:02 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Highways Limited

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGMJ-3793-VBBN
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published