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# Rail Plant Performance System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-plant-performance-system-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba89). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Network Rail is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the future provision of a managed service for the Rail Plant Performance System (Rail PPS), a bespoke online system used to record and analyse rail plant performance. The anticipated requirement includes application hosting, maintenance and support, data backup, data import and extraction, technical and user support, service management and source code/data management.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £529,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (primary), Software development services, Software support services, Software-related services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-plant-performance-system-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba89#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07ba89`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **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-plant-performance-system-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba89#tl-md)

## Description
Network Rail is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the future provision of a managed service for the Rail Plant Performance System (Rail PPS), a bespoke online system used to record and analyse rail plant performance. The anticipated requirement includes application hosting, maintenance and support, data backup, data import and extraction, technical and user support, service management and source code/data management. The contract may also include future software development and system enhancements, including mobile functionality, reporting, system integrations and other improvements commissioned through agreed work packages. This PME is intended to understand market capability, appetite, delivery approaches and potential barriers to competition and to inform Network Rail’s future procurement approach.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 72260000, 72261000, 72262000

- **Contract Period:** 02/08/2027 to 30/08/2030
- **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%2F107551-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-12T13:28:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-13T12:38:27.262Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07ba89
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.