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Preliminary Market Engagement Regarding Market Research Services

Market research services
Research consultancy services
UK
Published value
£12,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Preliminary Market Engagement Regarding Market Research Services". Published status: planned. Published value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£12,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.6Bids / Report
7.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Transport for WalesTop vendor: 82.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 58 active published awards; 14 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Transport for Wales1 win£118,783,000
Oracle Corporation UK Limited2 wins£9,302,947
Xeiad Limited1 win£5,277,125
Informatica Software Ltd.1 win£2,994,872
Birmingham City Council1 win£1,800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Jan 2026, 11:32 GMT
Last source update29 Jan 2026, 11:32 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMarket research services, Research consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060cc9
What is being bought
Network Rail procures B2C/B2B/CX research services & commercial/consumer market intelligence to support internal and external communications, marketing & engagement activities. This is currently done via a multi-lot framework with multiple suppliers per lot to facilitate both short- and long- term projects with call off mechanisms varying subject to value. NR is undertaking market engagement via a questionnaire to help understand how to potentially retender these services. Any eventual procurement will be undertaken in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    29 Jan 2026, 11:32 GMT
  2. Published value updated to £12,000,000
    22 Jan 2026, 17:47 GMT
  3. Status changed to planned
    22 Jan 2026, 17:47 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    22 Jan 2026, 17:47 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    22 Jan 2026, 17:47 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    29 Jan 2026, 11:32 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    29 Jan 2026, 11:32 GMT
  3. engagement
    26 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    A market engagement questionnaire has been published via Network Rail's e-tendering system on 29/01/2026. This is for all who are interested to express interest, provide feedback on the previous requirements and to test the ideas Network Rail has for any future procurement activity. Details are included on Bravo NR via the opportuntiy listing below which will give access to the event code pqq_3848: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=60720 If you are a new supplier to Network Rail, you may need to create a Bravo account via this link: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html The deadline for submissions is 17:00 26/02/2026. Extensions may be granted subject to requests and any provided will be given to all responders equally. Requests should be made via the BravoNR messaging system only (rather than email) as early as possible.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ
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  • NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNZN-9524-VCQJ
    Waterloo General Office, London, UKI45, SE1 8SW, GB
    Tom.Hedges@networkrail.co.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published