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This procurement is for the operational support services for Aggregate Handling Depots (AHDs) and Material Handling Depots (MHDs). Network Rail has a requirement for the following: Provision of services such as:- - Hire of Labour - Hire of Plant and - Hire of other site requirements, such as the hire of various cabins. It will be a single supplier, zero value framework agreement and the requirements will NOT be split into lots. The framework will be governed by the combination of NR13(D), NR6(MT) framework agreements and NR1 terms and conditions.
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Technical and Procefessional Ability — Delivery, Supply Chain Capability, Safety and Compliance and People/Resources/Organisation Structure (45%)
Modern Salvery — Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain and Recruitment (5%)
Sustainability/Social Value — Sustainability impact (10%)
Price — Evaluation of prices based on modelled volumes (40%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Support services for railway transport | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 63. The category anchor is Support services for railway transport (63711000); 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 63 | 969 | 3 median · 14.6 average (287 of 969 with a bid count) | 3.4 average (340 of 969 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 6 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 66 | 22 median · 22 average (1 of 66 with a bid count) | 6 average (1 of 66 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-0508fa |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 053466-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Wed Sep 03 2025 10:25:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053466-2025 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | 2025-10-03T16:00:00+01:00 |
| Enquiry deadline | 2025-09-17T16:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-03-30T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £7,955,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Sept 2025 | tender | 053466-2025 |
| 29 Apr 2025 | planning | 017553-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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