Official UK procurement notice
Network Rail/Great British Railways Facilities Management Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is undertaking a programme of pre-market engagement to help inform the future strategy for Facilities Management (FM) services across the railway sector.
As part of this engagement, we are seeking views from the FM market on a range of strategic, commercial and operational considerations. We are keen to understand current market capability, emerging industry trends, innovative delivery approaches, and supplier perspectives on how Facilities Management services can best be delivered across a large, diverse and geographically dispersed estate.
We welcome participation from suppliers across the FM market, including organisations with experience in complex, multi-site environments, critical national infrastructure, public sector estates, transport operations, and other relevant sectors.
Network Rail is undertaking this engagement in accordance with the principles of transparency, fairness and proportionality. Information obtained through this exercise may be used to help inform future procurement decisions, requirements development, lotting strategies, commercial structures and contracting approaches.
Any contract commencement and expiry dates referenced as part of this engagement are indicative only and remain subject to change. Current assumptions are based on Network Rail exercising the remaining extension options available under its existing Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) contract. Should Network Rail decide not to utilise some or all of those extension options, it reserves the right to bring forward any future procurement activity and associated contract commencement dates at its sole discretion.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Facilities management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077df3
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today30 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
- Market engagementin 21 days21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Network Rail is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform the development of its future Facilities Management strategy and procurement approach, including consideration of potential future Great British Railways (GBR) requirements and integration opportunities. Interested more…
organisations are invited to review the opportunity listing and attached Market Engagement Document for further information regarding the scope of the engagement, background context, response requirements and participation arrangements. Responses must be submitted via the dedicated Microsoft Forms questionnaire (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=4cMswn9dTU--A9WhWMyUCRCOHyBtynhKt647PtetaJ1UMEpKMTZMNzk2MDhBSkdCQVpOUUhVMDlVTS4u&route=shorturl) by 17:00 BST on the 21st of October. In the event of technical difficulties accessing or completing the questionnaire, organisations should refer to the instructions contained within the attached Market Engagement Document available via the opportunity listing. Organisations wishing to participate should: 1. Access the opportunity listing via BravoNR- https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=61534 2. Alternatively, if the link above does not direct you to the opportunity, from the Bravo welcome screen, access the “Current Opportunities” link and select "Facilities Management" (https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) 3. Click on the attachment “FM Pre-Market Engagement Overview & Supplier Instructions” found within the opportunities listing. 4. Complete the Microsoft Forms questionnaire using the link provided within the documentation. Following review of responses, Network Rail may undertake further market engagement activities. Current indicative timings for any follow-on engagement activity are from w/c 23 November 2026 onwards (specific dates will be communicated separately at a later stage and remain subject to change at Network Rail's sole discretion). Participation in this questionnaire does not guarantee participation in any subsequent market engagement activity. Further participation arrangements will be determined by Network Rail based on the responses received and the requirements of the exercise. Organisations that do not respond by the stated deadline may not be considered for participation in future market engagement activities. - Contract starts1 Oct 2030, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2026, 16:04 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender