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title: "Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Tender (New Entrance Apprenticeship Tender - NEAT)"
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# Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Tender (New Entrance Apprenticeship Tender - NEAT)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-engineering-technician-level-3-tender-new-entrance-apprenticeship-tender-neat-ocds-h6vhtk-040416). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Tender (New Entrance Apprenticeship Tender - NEAT)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £46,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ)
- **Published Value:** £46,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 March 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Training services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040416`

## 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/rail-engineering-technician-level-3-tender-new-entrance-apprenticeship-tender-neat-ocds-h6vhtk-040416#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-engineering-technician-level-3-tender-new-entrance-apprenticeship-tender-neat-ocds-h6vhtk-040416#participate

## Description
Delivery of Rail Engineering Technician Level 3, nationally for Network Rail

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £46,000,000
- **Description:** Delivery of Rail Engineering Technician Level 3, nationally for Network Rail
- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2024 to 31/12/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 New Entrant Apprenticeship Tender (NEAT) (active)
  - Award id: `026027-2024-42036-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Inspiro Learning Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-126145`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 New Entrant Apprenticeship Tender (NEAT) (active)

  - Signed Date: 31/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026027-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-16T07:02:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T06:18:11.299Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040416