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Official procurement procedure
Rail Storage Services at Askern and Marchwood
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£4,184,988
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Rail Storage Services at Askern and Marchwood". Published status: complete. Published value: £4,184,988. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £4,184,988 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Market Analytics
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
Competition Density
3.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Transport for WalesTop vendor: 82.9% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Transport for Wales | 1 win | £118,783,000 |
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | 2 wins | £9,302,947 |
| Xeiad Limited | 1 win | £5,277,125 |
| Informatica Software Ltd. | 1 win | £2,994,872 |
| Birmingham City Council | 1 win | £1,800,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published10 Jul 2026, 11:26 BST | Last source update10 Jul 2026, 11:26 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060666 | ||
What is being bought
The requirement is to award two direct awards for the provision of Rail Storage services, one at Askern near Doncaster for short rail (less then 36m) and one at Marchwood near Southampton for the remaining overseas long rail (54/108m) that is not stored at Scunthorpe. Part of the requirements include unloading and loading at Askern and internal shunting and loading at Marchwood by the suppliers. The plan is to award the agreements, using appropriate indexation for the management of price control. Lot 1 at Askern is expected to last for 5 years starting in 2027 with a total value of 1329274 GBP and Lot 2 at Marchwood is expected to last for 1 year from June 2026 with a total value of 2855714 GBP, the total value of the two direct awards being 4184988 GBP.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
10 Jul 2026, 11:26 BST - Official notice release published
8 Jun 2026, 13:28 BST - tender value changed
13 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT - Status changed to complete
13 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT - Official notice release published
13 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT - Published value updated to £4,184,988
15 Jan 2026, 10:45 GMT - Status changed to planned
15 Jan 2026, 10:45 GMT - Official notice release published
15 Jan 2026, 10:45 GMT - Buyer information updated
15 Jan 2026, 10:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
10 Jul 2026, 11:26 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,329,274 - Contract active
Signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £2,855,714
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Inframat Limited Not published · Not published · active Associated British Ports Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Rail Unloading and Loading and Storage Services £1,329,274 · signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST — 30 Jun 2032, 23:59 BST Rail Storage Services £2,855,714 · signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 30 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe awards are proposed to be in accordance with the Procurement Regulations 2024and Procurement Act 2023 Section 41 Schedule 5 as the following justifications:
i) 5 (a/b) Other exclusive rights (primary justification)
The suppliers have exclusive rights to the land upon which the existing rail stock is stored and therefore there are no reasonable alternative suppliers to deliver the services. It would not be reasonable to enter land sub-leases due to the nature of the total scope of services required.
ii) 6 (a/b) Absence of competition for technical reasons
In the case of Lot 2, no other supplier would be able to provide access to the site at Marchwood (it’s a military establishment) or to provide shunting operations on site which is not part of the Network Rail infrastructure.
iii) 7 (a/b) Additional/repeat services
In both lots, additional services are required to handle/load/shunt the stored rail, which has already been located there under previous procurement arrangements. A change in supplier would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation in moving to a new location, handling, quality degradation and removal of the rail to an alternative supplier, whilst not required for use. |