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title: "Network Rail, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), European Train Control System (ETCS) GRIP 4 -8 Framework Award"
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# Network Rail, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), European Train Control System (ETCS) GRIP 4 -8 Framework Award

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/network-rail-transpennine-route-upgrade-tru-european-train-control-system-etcs-grip-4-8-fr-ocds-h6vhtk-02eed2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Network Rail, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), European Train Control System (ETCS) GRIP 4 -8 Framework Award". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £228,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.networkrail.bravosolutions.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):** £228,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 November 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical installations for railways, Electrical signalling equipment for railways, Railway traffic control software package, Railways traffic-control equipment, Signal posts (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02eed2`

## 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/network-rail-transpennine-route-upgrade-tru-european-train-control-system-etcs-grip-4-8-fr-ocds-h6vhtk-02eed2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolutions.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.networkrail.bravosolutions.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/network-rail-transpennine-route-upgrade-tru-european-train-control-system-etcs-grip-4-8-fr-ocds-h6vhtk-02eed2#participate

## Description
A competitive procurement process to establish a sole supplier to enter into a framework agreement with Network Rail for the delivery of GRIP 4 – 8 European Train Control System (ETCS) works on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) programme between Manchester Victoria and York.
The first commission contract under the framework is likely to focus on ETCS deployment between Stalybridge and Cottingley, with ETCS deployment between Cottingley through Leeds Station and then on to Colton Junction being contracted if approved by the Network Rail client and brought into the TRU portfolio. 
Please see the detailed description at Section II.2.4 of this Contract Notice for further details on the scope of this procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34632200, 34632300, 34942000, 34942100, 34942200, 34943000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Following the issue of Prior Information Notice References 2021/S 000-011765 & 2021/S 000-020258, and subsequent market engagement events which took place week commencing 21st June 2021 and week commencing 13th September 2021, Network Rail now intend...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026469-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-21T21:45:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:53:58.990Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02eed2