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Supplemental Agreement to an existing Development Services Agreement for Engineering Stage 4 for Witton and Aston Rail Stations

Buyer: West Midlands Combined Authority →

BuyerWest Midlands Combined Authority
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published9 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Design development Engineering Stage (ES3) has commenced with Network Rail under a previous Direct Award Report (DAR) reference RFQ-WMRE-WPG-2025-0001 and Notices were published in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 public procurement regulations We are now proposing to continue the development phase into ES4 with Network Rail. As per the initial ES3 work scope, Network Rail are best placed to complete this work as the scheme requires significant structural alterations to an existing Network Rail asset. This means that Network Rail are best placed to manage the risks associated with design and construction

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNetwork Rail are best placed to complete this work as the scheme requires significant structural alterations to an existing Network Rail asset. This means that Network Rail are best placed to manage the risks associated with design and construction on their property.
Rationale classificationsprototypesDevelopment, singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights, singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Special regimeutilities
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Supplemental Agreement to an existing Development Services Agreement for Engineering Stage 4 for Witton and Aston Rail Stations

Statusactive
Value£770,263

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069fc2
Latest release ID054190-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 09 2026 10:28:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Jun 2026award, contract054190-2026
21 May 2026award, contract047332-2026
21 May 2026award, contract047309-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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21 May 2026 · 047309-2026 · award, contract
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    "description": "This is for the direct award of a supplement agreement to an existing Development Services Agreement for Engineering Stage 4 for Witton and Aston Rail Stations.                                                             The following is in scope for this project, for delivery before UEFA European Football Championships in 2028: \nImproved queueing and through-put of passengers at Witton, sufficient to deal with passenger numbers for large-scale events at nearby Villa Park stadium.  \nMitigating current overflow of passengers into the public highway at Witton after events including urban realm and access improvements.  \nGeneral aesthetic improvements at Witton e.g. re-paint; opportunities for branding (i.e. by football club). \nImproving queueing, wayfinding and passenger experience between Villa Park Stadium and Aston Station, including improvements to 'Lovers' Lane'.  \nSmall scale interventions at Aston Station such as improved customer information at entrance points or platform level.  \nSolutions to be developed as part of an integrated station operations plan, and wider transport plan, reporting to the Witton and Aston Station Group, and Witton and Aston Steering Group.  \nThe following is in scope for this project at Witton, for efficient delivery to an agreed programme, with the ambition of delivering before 2028: \nDemolition of existing platform waiting rooms, and replacement with canopies to make a better platform environment and wider platform waiting area. Reconfiguration of CCTV, passenger information, lighting and other services to support this.  \nConstruction of a railway 'underpass' at station road, to facilitate pedestrian access to the 'Waterworks Site' on the opposite side.  \nIntegration with AVFC's masterplan including walking routes to Brookvale Academy (via their footbridge over the R. Tame) and beyond.  \nDeliverables include: \nNR Management and support including safety and assurance \nEnvironmental and social appraisals, delivery programme \nES4 design deliverables including: \nStructures Approval In Principle (AIP) [subway] \nCivils AIP [Ancillaries] \nCivils AIP [Platform Shelters] \nGeotechnical Inerpretative Report \nBuildings MEP AIP \nSignalling AIP \nTrack AIP \nFixed Plant AIP \nOLE AIP \nSystems Engineering Deliverables \nFire Engineering Review \nBIM \nCommon Safety Method(CSM) \nProject sponsorship \nAs required, in support of the design deliverables above:  \nSurveys \nPossession management \nSystems engineering management \nLand, flood, environmental, security strategies \nPedestrian flow analysis",
    "specialRegime": [
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    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "Design development Engineering Stage (ES3) has commenced with Network Rail under a previous Direct Award Report (DAR) reference RFQ-WMRE-WPG-2025-0001 and Notices were published in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 public procurement regulations\nWe are now proposing to continue the development phase into ES4 with Network Rail.  As per the initial ES3 work scope, Network Rail are best placed to complete this work as the scheme requires significant structural alterations to an existing Network Rail asset. This means that Network Rail are best placed to manage the risks associated with design and construction. \nIt is  proposed to use a supplemental agreement to the existing Development Services Agreement",
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      "name": "West Midlands Combined Authority",
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      "address": {
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Birmingham",
        "postalCode": "B19 3SD",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "16 Summer Lane"
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      "id": "GB-COH-02904587",
      "name": "Network Rail Infrastructure",
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKI45",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SE1 8SW",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Waterloo General Office"
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