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1. Drug and Alcohol Testing and General Medicals required by the Rail industry 2. Sponsorship 3. E- Learning in advance of Safety Critical courses 4. Safety Critical Training and Assessments 5. Employment outcomes with progression to a white hat.
UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price for Drug and Alcohol Testing (10%)
Price for Employment Sponsorship (20%)
Price for E- learning and Safety Critical Assessments (10%)
Price for Safety Critical Course Assessments (10%)
Experience and Reputation (20%)
Quality (25%)
Sustainability and Social Value (5%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education and training services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 80 | 2,838 | 3 median · 43.5 average (987 of 2,838 with a bid count) | 3.8 average (1,094 of 2,838 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 1 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKC | 106 | 2.5 median · 41 average (22 of 106 with a bid count) | 3.5 average (24 of 106 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 219 | 4 median · 4.9 average (8 of 219 with a bid count) | 1.5 average (8 of 219 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-068644 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 036231-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Apr 21 2026 14:33:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036231-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-05-15T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-05-08T15:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | https://www.bmet.ac.uk/employers/ Header in email - Rail Tender Submission Addressed to stephen.belling@bmet.ac.uk OR to the email provided on the website page referred to above subcontracting@bmet.ac.uk |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £660,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 6 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | tenderUpdate | 036231-2026 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | tenderUpdate | 036077-2026 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | tenderUpdate | 035945-2026 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | tender | 035605-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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