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title: "Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Detailed Vehicle Condition Inspections Ref: P-2025"
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# Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Detailed Vehicle Condition Inspections Ref: P-2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-ireland-railways-nir-detailed-vehicle-condition-inspections-ref-p-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-030bf0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Translink: "Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Detailed Vehicle Condition Inspections Ref: P-2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £220,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Translink](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/translink-GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV)
- **Published Value:** £220,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 February 2022 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Support services for railway transport, Technical inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £225,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030bf0`

## 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/northern-ireland-railways-nir-detailed-vehicle-condition-inspections-ref-p-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-030bf0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-ireland-railways-nir-detailed-vehicle-condition-inspections-ref-p-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-030bf0#participate

## Description
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) require independent vehicle condition inspections and reports for Passenger Carrying Traction and Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Plant. Every Northern Ireland Railways passenger carrying traction and rolling stock vehicle and self-propelled on track plant will receive a detailed vehicle condition inspection once a year, at a NI Railways Maintenance facility. Identified Railway Preservation of Ireland (RPSI) Preserved Steam Locomotives and Preserved Passenger carriages to receive a detailed vehicle condition inspection once a year at RPSI facility in Whitehead. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. No other method of submission will be accepted.Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71631000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £2,200,000
- **Description:** Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) require independent vehicle condition inspections and reports for Passenger Carrying Traction and Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Plant. Every Northern Ireland Railways passenger carrying traction and rolling stock ve...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `013315-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SNC-Lavalin Rail Transit Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-53130`
  - Value: £225,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £225,000
  - Signed Date: 17/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013315-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-18T09:56:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T03:18:19.720Z
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