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NRHS Tamping Services Framework

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BuyerNETWORK RAIL (HIGH SPEED) LIMITED
StatusOpen
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Value£14,500,000
Published24 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The operation of supplier provided Tamping Machines to deliver High Output and Sprinter Campaigns on the HS1 infrastructure.

Categories

Railway-track maintenance services 50225000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£14,500,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2032

Award criteria
Technical Submission (42%)
Health & Safety (6%)
Social Value (12%)
Commercial (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Railway-track maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Railway-track maintenance services (50225000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 509,2224 median · 22.4 average (3,784 of 9,222 with a bid count)3.2 average (4,299 of 9,222 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)40435 median · 28.9 average (7 of 404 with a bid count)6.1 average (7 of 404 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byGPA, CPTPP
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleFollowing a recent procurement from Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, we understand that the Tamping supply market is limited.
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06eaa0
Latest release ID080393-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 24 2026 13:16:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080393-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-28T15:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-21T15:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsSubmissions must be made through Bravo Platform (https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html). Please ensure you are registered and have an active account. Search for itt_19611
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£14,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Aug 2026tender080393-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Aug 2026 · 080393-2026 · tender
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