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title: "Pre market engagement-Understanding Rail Demand"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-understanding-rail-demand-ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1"
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# Pre market engagement-Understanding Rail Demand

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-understanding-rail-demand-ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Pre market engagement-Understanding Rail Demand". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-understanding-rail-demand-ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1`

## 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-understanding-rail-demand-ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1#tl-md)

## Description
Network Rail is looking  for a solution that will enable Network Rail and the rail industry to understand passenger movements across its Great Britain network and on all trains. The solution will provide high quality data on 
passenger movements. We are keen to understand what systems, solutions and technologies exist that can provide us data on passenger movements.
At this point in time, we are not limited to any particular technology as this market engagement is designed to help us uncover market capability

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/03/2027 to 30/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006783-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-26T15:53:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T09:10:41.033Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060ee1