Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Occupational Health IT System
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn November 2023, Network Rail brought its entire Occupational Health (OH) service in‑house. The service now operates nationally across 22 clinics, supported by remote and virtual delivery models, and provides health assessments, surveillance, management referrals and safety‑critical medicals for approximately 42,000 employees. This includes statutory obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Transport and Works Act 1992, making the OH function central to compliance, governance and operational safety.
The organisation’s Health Sustainability Strategy reinforces a shift towards evidence‑based health management, stronger governance, and better use of high‑quality data. An Occupational Health IT system is therefore fundamental to delivering a consistent, efficient and forward‑looking service. The system must not only support the day‑to‑day administration of clinical activity but also enhance the quality, governance and insight required from a national, safety‑critical operation.
Network Rail require an Occupational Health system to build a detailed and accurate picture of workforce health, enabling richer understanding of demographics, emerging risks and preventive opportunities. It will generate robust management information and high‑quality OH data that supports statutory reporting, internal assurance and workforce analytics, aligning with Network Rail’s broader ambition to treat health as a core business outcome. Intelligent appointment and diary management will help reduce cancellations and no‑shows, ensuring clinics run efficiently and clinical time is maximised. Consistent national data sets will provide a clear view of health and wellbeing trends across all regions, reinforcing the need for standardisation and comparability across the organisation.
In summary, the future OH IT system must:
⦁ Support a national Occupational Health service covering approximately 42,000 employees across 22 clinics, alongside remote and virtual delivery.
⦁ Accommodate a hybrid workforce of clinical and non‑clinical users involved in safety‑critical and statutory health activity.
⦁ Manage high‑volume, regulated workflows, including management referrals, health surveillance, fitness‑for‑work assessments and other statutory medicals.
⦁ Provide strong auditability, governance and management insight, enabling consistent assurance and evidence‑based decision‑making.
CPV: Health services · Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
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Lot #1CPV 7222Published estimate£1.0m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HEALTH PARTNERS GROUP LIMITEDLive contract | Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referralsruns to Mar 2033 | Occupational Health Physician (OHP) Services, Occupational Health Services for the NR Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessments & Neurodiversity Assessments | £9.6m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Working on Wellbeing LtdLive contract | Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referralsruns to Mar 2033 | Specialist Referrals | £1.9m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010595- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064934Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published264 days ago5 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMT
- Market engagement211 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
For further information relating to the scope of this pre-market engagement and the submission process please review the document titled 'NR Occupational Health IT System Market Engagement (PME)' via the instructions below:
- Follow the link: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- From the welcome screen access the 'view current opportunities' link and select #43290 - Provision of Occupational Health IT System
- Click on the PDF attachments to view the attached document.
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 307 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender