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Network Rail (High Speed) High Output Midlife Ballast Refurbishment

Ballast construction works
Railway-track maintenance services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Network Rail (High Speed) Limited: "Network Rail (High Speed) High Output Midlife Ballast Refurbishment". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNetwork Rail (High Speed) LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Network Rail (High Speed) Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Coverage: 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNetwork Rail (High Speed) Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
Last source update27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBallast construction works, Railway-track maintenance services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04d66e
What is being bought
Cleaning and partial replacement of ballast materials forming part of the structure of the High Speed 1 railway line.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Cleaning and partial replacement of ballast materials, currently planned to be delivered in three tranches over a 5 year period, forming part of the structure of the High Speed 1 railway line including but not limited to: • Management and delivery of the detailed design and development works • Undertaking and validation of the site investigations and survey information • Access planning and control • Contingency arrangements and planning • Logistics and haulage • Provisions of labour and all specialist plant and machinery • Supply and quality assurance of ballast materials • Compliant delivery of the renewal works • Generation and issue of relevant handover documents and completion drawings
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Jan 2025, 13:14 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · £89,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£89,000,000 · signed 27 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Network Rail (High Speed) Limited

Contracting authority GB-FTS-119222
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  • Network Rail (High Speed) Limited
    buyer

    Waterloo General Offices, London, UK, SE1 8SW
    Richard.Connolly@networkrail.co.uk
    +44 1908781000

  • Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
    supplier

    Waterloo General Office, London, UK, SE1 8SW

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNetwork Rail (High Speed) Limited (NRHS) intends to enter into this contract with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (NRIL) on the basis of Regulation 28(2) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. This provides that a contract falls outside UCR2016 where a controlled legal person which is a contracting authority awards a contract to its controlling contracting authority provided there is no direct private capital participation in the contracting authority being awarded the contract. NRIL is a contracting authority; it is ultimately owned by Network Rail Limited, a company limited by guarantee, of whom the Secretary of State for Transport is the sole member. NRHS is a wholly owned subsidiary of NRIL. NRHS considers that it is a contracting authority on the basis of the general test set out in Regulation 4, UCR2016. NRHS has legally personality as it is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. NRHS is subject to administrative, managerial and supervisory control by NRIL for the purposes of part (c)(ii) and (iii). NRHS's memorandum and articles of association provide for the appointment of directors to the board by ordinary resolution. NRHS's directors have the usual duties in the direction and management of its affairs as required of the directors of a limited company under UK company law. As NRIL is the sole shareholder of NRHS, its ability to make appointments to the board of directors means part (c)(iii) of the test is met. NRHS also considers it was "established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest" i.e. its activities were intended to and continue to almost entirely consist of services in relation to the High-Speed 1 line for HS1 Limited (under the long-term Operator Agreement between NRHS and HS1 Limited) including u, the provision of maintenance and renewals services and that those services should be regarded as meeting needs in the general interest. Activities of NRIL's subsidiaries are also constrained by Condition 16.1 of its Network Licence. NRHS further considers that it does not have an industrial or commercial character on the basis that it is strongly arguable that it does not operate in normal market conditions and that it is not clear that it would ultimately require to bear all risks associated with exercise of its activities. For these reasons, NRHS considers that it is a contracting authority and is entitled to make use of the exception from UCR2016 set out in Regulation 28(2). The contract to be awarded will place an obligation upon NRIL to carry out works relating to the cleaning and partial replacement of ballast materials forming part of the structure of the High Speed 1 railway line which NRHS is responsible to HS1 Limited for the maintenance of.