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Official procurement procedure
Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services
Drilling services
Rails
Railway-track construction materials and supplies
+1 more
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd: "Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
1.7Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 3 active published awards; 3 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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNetwork Rail Infrastructure Ltd | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSFramework | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published10 Jul 2025, 12:44 BST | Last source update10 Jul 2025, 12:44 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationDrilling services, Rails, Railway-track construction materials and supplies, Welding | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03dd3b | ||
What is being bought
Award of the Supply of Steel Rail and ancillary services to Network Rail (NR) for a period of up to 8 years. The scope for supply of steel rail within this notice includes the potential to include all of Network Rail and its subsidiaries, including but not limited to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd and Network Rail High Speed and also to those organisations covered by our external business framework including Transport for Wales and as an occasional joint procurement with HS2 Ltd.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
10 Jul 2025, 12:44 BST - Official notice release published
9 Oct 2023, 14:50 BST - Buyer information updated
9 Oct 2023, 14:50 BST - Status changed to complete
28 Jun 2023, 14:53 BST - Official notice release published
28 Jun 2023, 14:53 BST - Buyer information updated
28 Jun 2023, 14:53 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Supply of Steel Rail Long and Short and Ancillary ServicescancelledPublished valueNot publishedNetwork Rail has appointed 1 Supplier. Long Rail/Short Rail Package. The Supplier shall provide 108m/216m rail in 56E1 and 60E2 profiles and in both R260 grade and Premium grades. The Supplier shall provide the above with corrosion resistant coating when requested by Network Rail.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
10 Jul 2025, 12:44 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 17 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · £718,082,360
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards British Steel Limited Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Supply of Steel Rail and Ancillary Services £718,082,360 · signed 17 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) electronicBids: 1 (lot 1) foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Contracting authority GB-FTS-94552Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe basis of the direct award to British Steel is Regulation 50(1)(c)(ii) UCR2016 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons. Network Rail has undertook market engagement which has confirmed there is no other supplier with a long-rail welding facility in Great Britain or who has indicated that they would be prepared to construct one at present or in the foreseeable future. Network Rail has held an openly advertised competition for certain steel products including volumes of steel rail where the market engagement has indicated that access to NR's own welding facility is such that there is likely to be at least a degree of competition; this assumption was proved to be correct. |