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# Structural Condition Monitoring System for Lighting Columns

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/structural-condition-monitoring-system-for-lighting-columns-ocds-h6vhtk-0355b9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Structural Condition Monitoring System for Lighting Columns". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Monitoring and control services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0355b9`

## 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/structural-condition-monitoring-system-for-lighting-columns-ocds-h6vhtk-0355b9#tl-md)

## Description
Network Rail owns around 100,000 lighting columns, a proportion of which must be manually inspected on an annual basis to determine their condition. Network Rail are seeking to understand whether technology can be used to remove the need for time-based manual inspections so that we can move towards remote condition monitoring and a ‘plan and prevent’ maintenance routing for lighting columns. 
The Technical Authority issued a challenge statement addressing this which is detailed below. 
Related Challenge Statement: “Provide a Safe and Efficient Method to Enable Non-Destructive Testing of Hidden Metallic Standalone Column”

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71700000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Network Rail is seeking a remote condition monitoring and decision support tool which can provide the following services/outcomes: 
1.	Remotely determine the structural performance level of lighting columns and enable informed asset management decisi...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020241-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-26T08:14:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:40:33.763Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0355b9