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title: "Pre Market Engagement for HS1 Rail Grinding"
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# Pre Market Engagement for HS1 Rail Grinding

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-for-hs1-rail-grinding-ocds-h6vhtk-04c764). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL (HIGH SPEED) LIMITED: "Pre Market Engagement for HS1 Rail Grinding". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL (HIGH SPEED) LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-high-speed-limited-gov-ot1244)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway-track maintenance services, Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c764`

## 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/pre-market-engagement-for-hs1-rail-grinding-ocds-h6vhtk-04c764#tl-md)

## Description
Network Rail High Speed Ltd is conducting early market engagement through an online event to be held at 1pm-2.30pm on 17 January 2025. This is for the Rail Grinding throughout Control Period 4.
After the supplier engagement event there will be a PQQ issued for this procurement. This will be managed via bravo https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk
Organisations should contact Kamila Marks at NRHSprocurement@networkrail.co.uk no later than 12pm 13 January 2025 to register for the supplier engagement event.
For the sake of clarity, this notice is not a call to competition and no contract(s) will awarded to any supplier as a result of participating in this exercise.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 50225000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Rail Grinding service to support both Plain Line and Switch & Crossing (S&C) Maintenance mainly during summer campaigns. In addition to this there is a requirement to carry out grinding in the ballast and slab track tunnels within the High Speed 1 (H...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040034-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-12T10:02:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:51:53.104Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c764