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# Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-long-and-short-rail-and-ancillary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03dd3b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Drilling services, Rails, Railway-track construction materials and supplies, Welding
- **Delivery Location:** UKE13, UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03dd3b`

## 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/supply-of-long-and-short-rail-and-ancillary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03dd3b#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Supply of Steel Rail Long and Short and Ancillary Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34946110, 45262680, 76300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE, UKJ

- **Description:** Network 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 coatin...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services (active)
  - Award id: `018420-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **British Steel Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-86166`
  - Value: £860,288,290 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 'Green' Steel Rail Trial (active)
  - Award id: `029714-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Saarstahl Rail SAS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94553`
  - Value: £826,098 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Supply of Steel Rail and Ancillary Services (active)
  - Award id: `038923-2025-ecm_46290-1`
  - Supplier(s): **British Steel Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-86166`
  - Value: £718,082,360 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Supply of Steel Rail and Ancillary Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £718,082,360
  - Signed Date: 16/06/2025

- **Contract:** 'Green' Steel Rail Trial (active)
  - Signed Value: £826,098
  - Signed Date: 08/10/2023

- **Contract:** Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £860,288,290
  - Signed Date: 30/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038923-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-10T11:44:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:59:25.692Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03dd3b