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Supply of Cables and Wires

Railway materials
UK
Official notice
Published value
£146,000,000
Submission deadline 23 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Lots published7
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Supply of Cables and Wires". Published status: active. Published value: £146,000,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
23 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£146,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
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Published history for NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.6Bids / Report
7.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Transport for WalesTop vendor: 82.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Transport for Wales1 win£118,783,000
Oracle Corporation UK Limited2 wins£9,302,947
Xeiad Limited1 win£5,277,125
Informatica Software Ltd.1 win£2,994,872
Birmingham City Council1 win£1,800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published26 Aug 2025, 22:24 BST
Last source update26 Aug 2025, 22:24 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationRailway materials
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058e12
What is being bought
Network Rail is responsible for maintaining the UK’s railway infrastructure and has a requirement to buy a range of Cable and Wire products for use on its infrastructure. Most of the Goods required for this contract will be used by internal customers: • Maintenance including Works Delivery, Network Rail’s team responsible for maintaining railway infrastructure and Works Delivery, Network Rail’s team responsible for enhancements and renewals of minor works packages. • Overhead Condition Renewals (OCR), Network Rail’s team that specialise in OLE renewal works. • Projects, all located in the UK. Projects are specific programmes of work that are either enhancement or renewals of the railway infrastructure. Projects are delivered by their party contractors working alongside Network Rail’s Capital Delivery Teams The contract term for all lots shall be for an initial four (4) year period. At Network Rail’s discretion this may be extended for up to two further two (2) year periods, a maximum total term of eight (8) years This procurement is broken into 7 lots. Potential Suppliers may bid for any or all lots, and a maximum of three suppliers shall be awarded a contract for each lot. Suppliers ranked first, second or third in a lot shall be admitted to the framework and awarded a contract for that lot. Suppliers may be awarded a contract for any or all lots that they submit a bid for.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    26 Aug 2025, 22:24 BST
  2. Published value updated to £146,000,000
    26 Aug 2025, 22:11 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    26 Aug 2025, 22:11 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    26 Aug 2025, 22:11 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    26 Aug 2025, 22:11 BST
Lots and requirements (7)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Interconnect Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 1 - Supply of Interconnect Cables
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Power and Signalling Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 2 - Power and Signalling Cable
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Axle Counter Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 3 - Axle Counter Cable
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Fibre-Optic Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 4 - Fibre-Optic Cable
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 5 · #5
    Telecoms Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 5 - Telecoms Cable
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 6 · #6
    Wire
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 6 - Wire
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 7 · #7
    Miscellaneous Cable
    active
    Published value£0
    Lot 7 - Miscellaneous Cable
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    26 Aug 2025, 22:24 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    23 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ
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  • NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNZN-9524-VCQJ
    Waterloo General Office, London, UKI45, SE1 8SW, GB
    laura.wray@networkrail.co.uk
Documents (3)
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