Market Engagement - Network Rail Eastern Region CP7 Renewals & Minor Enhancements (Capital Delivery)

**THE BELOW DESCRIPTION DETAILS THE PREAMBLE FOR THE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY** Network Rail Eastern Region: The Eastern Region is formed of 4 routes, Anglia, East Coast, East Midlands and North & East routes. The 2 Route Asset Management (RAM) teams are based in Stratford and York. The Delivery Unit locations are listed below: 1. Anglia (Ipswich, Romford, Tottenham) 2. East Coast (Darlington, Doncaster, Kings Cross, Newcastle, Peterborough) 3. East Midlands (Bedford, Derby, Lincoln) 4. North & East (Leeds, Middlesborough, Sheffield, York) Additional information on the region can be found at: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-regions/eastern/ CP7 Renewals & Minor Enhancements Procurement Objectives: 1) In order to provide a safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable railway, Network Rail’s ambition is to establish a world class supply chain that builds long-term mutually beneficial relationships and encourages joint strategic development – in a fair, transparent, and consistent manner. 2) We propose to procure renewals & minor enhancement differently in CP7, adopting a multi-discipline rail system approach that is flexible with a focus on productivity, great efficiency, and passenger & freight users’ outcomes. 3) CP7 Renewals and Minor Enhancements (Capital Delivery) procurement will cover portfolios of Structures, Earthworks & Buildings, Electrification & Plant and Signalling & Telecoms projects in the Eastern Region capital delivery function. The five strategic focus areas for the CP7 procurement strategy are: -> Rail system approach: This means working across traditional disciplines and supply chain organisations in a collaborative way to create efficiencies, solutions & harness innovation, and where outperformance is incentivised. -> Capability: enable investment in people, technology, and equipment -> Productivity: standardise and productionise what we procure (packaged work and reduce variances), drive down cost of indecision and drive out layers of inefficiency -> Sustainability: drive the implementation of Network Rail’s sustainability strategy, champion social value, and consider the impact on suppliers, local economy, and environment -> Behaviours: early and closer engagement, create trust and transparent approach, focus on relationships 4) Through the above five strategic focus areas and CP7 procurement, we aim to achieve the following outcomes: -> Selection of the right suppliers with the right behaviours for the right types of work. -> Highly collaborative relationships and integrated ways of working; -> Incentives to drive cost/value performance. -> Flexibility in contracting and work allocation; -> A portfolio of works and line of route approach to maximise productivity and passenger benefits; -> Allowing the supply chain to invest in people and technology based on a level of commitment to support the achievement of productivity targets and passenger outcomes. If your organisation has any queries regarding this market engagement, please contact EasternRegionCP7@networkrail.co.uk. Please note: The date in section II.3 is an indicative date at this stage and is for the purpose of this PIN only.