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title: "Lead Design Organisation for the Transpennine Route Upgrade Project W2BC"
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# Lead Design Organisation for the Transpennine Route Upgrade Project W2BC

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lead-design-organisation-for-the-transpennine-route-upgrade-project-w2bc-ocds-h6vhtk-044517). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Lead Design Organisation for the Transpennine Route Upgrade Project W2BC". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Mar 2024. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 March 2024 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Engineering design services, Engineering services, Support services for railway transport
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044517`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lead-design-organisation-for-the-transpennine-route-upgrade-project-w2bc-ocds-h6vhtk-044517#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lead-design-organisation-for-the-transpennine-route-upgrade-project-w2bc-ocds-h6vhtk-044517#participate

## Description
This is to commence a competitive tender process to procure a W2BC Lead Design Organisation Framework over the next 8 years, under an NR27 NEC4 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SHORT FRAMEWORK CONTRACT (PSSC Framework). This will be a nil value framework for 8 years and will be utilised solely for the TRU programme. It will be a single supplier on the framework.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 63711000, 71000000, 71300000, 71320000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Network Rail “Hub” Engineering Team will be responsible for design integration and assurance for the W2bc project. The team will be split into two; the Integration Hub and the Engineering Assurance Team. The Integration Hub is responsible for the...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006817-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-04T11:48:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:12:45.222Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044517