Official UK procurement notice
Transparency Notice - Technical Support Services
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply Chain Services, part of Route Services, have a requirement for Technical Support services from the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for Network Rail’s five plain line grinders and Network Rail’s milling train. The requirement covers both remote support and physical attendance to fix issues, plus relevant technical administration and software maintenance. The cost will only be incurred if the maintainer cannot use their own contract with the OEM for whatever reason.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 10:50 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2026, 09:50 BST
- Authority reference
45631- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082049- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069756Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Section 41 - Schedule 5: Paragraph 5
The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract—
(a)due to these particular suppliers having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply services or and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those services that would be able to comply with the requirements
Paragraph 6
The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract—
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons of being the original equipment manufacturer, only a particular supplier can supply the services required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those services
Paragraph 7
The public contract concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing services in circumstances where—
(a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving services that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing on track plant goods and services
(b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance of the on track plant.
- Risks
Scope of required technical support services maybe wider than described in the documents associated with the specific on track plant. The required insurance/service levels/performance indicators may differ from those described in the documents depending on the nature of the call off requirements.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Transparency notice published13 May 2026, 10:50 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Aug 2026, 09:50 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linsinger UK LimitedTechnical Support Services1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: 1 period of 6 months | £1,439,775 | 30 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
| Loram (UK) LimitedTechnical Support Services1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 | £1,314,775 | 15 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Linsinger UK LimitedAwarded supplier
- Loram (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender