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Published 8 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

MetroWest Firmware Upgrade — UK Public Procurement Procedure

The West of England Combined Authority
Local Council
Direct award
No classification published
South West (UKK)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Direct award
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: The West of England Combined Authority: "MetroWest Firmware Upgrade". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Network Rail to deliver essential firmware and platform upgrades to the Smartlock Support Server systems, which currently operate on obsolete and unsupported Windows platforms. These ageing installations present growing risks to reliability, safety assurance, cybersecurity compliance, and long‑term supportability, and cannot accommodate the new signalling functionality required for services in 2028.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Network Rail Infrastructure LimitedHolds 100% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: The West of England Combined Authority

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for The West of England Combined Authority. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    Not availableNo published reports
    Single-bidder rate: Not published
    Supplier Concentration
    High ConcentrationIndicative
    Network Rail Infrastructure LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £676,665Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 1 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £676,665Indicative (n=1)
    Single attributable award retained · 288% of the sector median for CPV 45
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (1 active published awards)
    Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot); 1 valued awards. 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. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 45):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Network Rail Infrastructure Limited1 win£676,665No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 45 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 13:28 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0.2%
    CPV sector evidence · 813 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    4reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 7,050 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~51 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 841 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 45)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Mears LimitedCRN: PYVN-7644-LZQQ
    		70 contracts£3,188,167,900-4.4% below budget
    Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure LtdCRN: PPZX-2842-HHPG
    		113 contracts£2,239,846,409At ceiling / not disclosed
    Milestone Infrastructure LimitedCRN: 13007933
    		10 contracts£2,207,200,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Ringway Infrastructure Services LimitedCRN: 2756434
    		12 contracts£1,882,180,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Wakefield Waste PFI LtdCRN: 08193325
    		1 contract£1,770,760,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Wates Construction LimitedCRN: PHQT-5476-TZBR
    		52 contracts£1,746,245,228-0% below budget
    Wates Property Services LimitedCRN: PTTB-7947-QVWT
    		89 contracts£1,559,958,144-0% below budget
    UNITED LIVING (SOUTH) LIMITEDCRN: 817560
    		65 contracts£1,518,620,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Axis Europe PlcCRN: PCNG-4217-XXCQ
    		138 contracts£1,397,717,888-5.6% below budget
    EQUANS Regeneration LimitedCRN: PDWQ-6852-QYVW
    		145 contracts£1,388,365,822At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodDirect awardLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published8 Sept 2026, 11:52 BSTLast source update8 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f445
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
    2. Award active
      30 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £676,665

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
    £676,665 · 30 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active · lots 1
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
    2. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:27 BST
    3. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:03 BST
    4. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    1 participating organisation

    The West of England Combined Authority

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PGWR-9284-XMRY
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (1)
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (5)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)No alternative supplier can legally or technically deliver these works, the Direct Award appears capable of being justified under Schedule 5, Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Procurement Act 2023, subject to legal review.