Official UK procurement notice
Virtual Accessibility Tours PME
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is looking to procure an end-to-end Virtual Accessibility Tours service for a baseline portfolio of 250 designated railway stations across Great Britain.
The proposed service would include station surveys, LiDAR scanning, panoramic imagery, creation of accessible interactive virtual tours and supporting digital assets, publication support, testing, accessibility assurance, implementation, training, ongoing support and maintenance, content updates and future re-scanning services.
The current delivery assumption is that, following a planned contract award in early February 2027, the first 100 station tours would be delivered, accepted and operational by June 2027, with the remaining 150 completed by October 2027.
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to obtain supplier feedback on the draft requirements, the deliverability of the proposed timetable and the suitability of a fixed-price commercial model where the station composition and sequencing may change.
CPV: Data-processing services · Digital mapping services · Software support services · Software-related services · Specialised photography services · Surveying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f5e7
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published11 days ago9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Market engagement2 days ago17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
For further information relating to the scope of this pre-market enagement and the submission process, please review the documents titled "Virtual Accessibility Tours - PME Guidance" and "Virtual Accessibility Tours - PME Submission Questionnaire" via the instructions below: 1)Follow the link: more…
https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html 2) From the welcome screen access the 'view current opportunites' link and select "#45652 - Virtual Accessibility Tours" 3) Click on the attachments to view the attached documents. - Tender notice expectedin 18 days7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 138 days5 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender