Official UK procurement notice
Virtual Accessibility Tours · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
Network Rail is seeking to appoint a single supplier to deliver an end-to-end Virtual Accessibility Tours service across a portfolio of 250 railway stations throughout Great Britain. The scope includes station surveys and LiDAR scanning, creation of accessible virtual tours and associated digital assets, configuration of accessibility and wayfinding information, upload of approved datasets into Network Rail's NavVis IVION environment, and support for publication through approved rail-industry channels. The successful supplier will also be required to provide ongoing support, maintenance, service management and content updates throughout the contract term. The contract will include provisions for optional additional services, including additional station surveys, virtual tours, content updates, partial re-scans and full re-scans that may be required during the contract term.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is seeking to appoint a single supplier to deliver an end-to-end Virtual Accessibility Tours service across a portfolio of 250 railway stations throughout Great Britain.
The scope includes station surveys and LiDAR scanning, creation of accessible virtual tours and associated digital assets, configuration of accessibility and wayfinding information, upload of approved datasets into Network Rail's NavVis IVION environment, and support for publication through approved rail-industry channels.
The successful supplier will also be required to provide ongoing support, maintenance, service management and content updates throughout the contract term.
The contract will include provisions for optional additional services, including additional station surveys, virtual tours, content updates, partial re-scans and full re-scans that may be required during the contract term.
Further details of the requirements, deliverables and performance obligations are set out in the procurement documents
- How the procedure runs: Network Rail is conducting this procurement using a single-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers will be required to submit Qualification, Technical and Commercial responses. Qualification submissions will be assessed against the Conditions of Participation and other mandatory pass/fail requirements. Only suppliers that satisfy these requirements will proceed to full Technical and Commercial evaluation. Technical responses will be evaluated against the published award criteria and weightings. Suppliers must demonstrate compliance with all mandatory requirements and achieve any minimum scoring thresholds specified within the procurement documents. As part of the evaluation process, suppliers will be required to participate in a solution demonstration to validate specific elements of their tender submission. Network Rail will use the outcomes of these demonstrations to inform the final technical evaluation. Network Rail may seek clarification of responses during the procurement process where permitted. Contract award will be made to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender based on the published evaluation methodology.
CPV: Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems · Photographic services · Surveying services · System and support services · World wide web (www) site design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Envelope: 70%
- Commercial Envelope: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Envelope: A high level summary of the Technical Envelope themes is outlined below. The Technical Envelope will consist of sub-sections, each carrying a percentage weighting. Technical Envelope Themes: 1. Must Requirements Compliance Assessment - (Weighting - 0%) 2. Delivery, mobilisation and project plan - (Weighting - 16.7%) 3. Survey, capture and reusable digital assets - (Weighting - 13.8%) 4. Passenger-facing solution, wayfinding and publication - (Weighting - 16.8%) 5. Accessibility and inclusive assurance - (Weighting - 16.7%) 6. Service transition, support and managed service - (Weighting - 13.3%) 7. Innovation, continuous improvement and future adaptability - (Weighting - 6.0%) 8. Social Value - (Weighting - 16.7%)
- Commercial Envelope: A high-level summary of the Commercial Envelope is outlined below. The Commercial Envelope will consist of two sub-sections, each carrying a percentage weighting. The anticipated value of the Total Cost of Delivery element for Years 1 and 2 is expected to be in the region of £1.5m to £2.2m, reflecting the currently funded implementation activities and support and maintenance services for Contract Years 1 and 2. Commercial Envelope Themes: 1. Total Cost of Delivery (TCD) – (Weighting – 80%) Evaluation of the tendered implementation costs for the baseline 250-station portfolio together with support and maintenance pricing for the contract term. 2. Additional Services Basket – (Weighting – 20%) Evaluation of tendered rates for optional services, including additional station surveys, Virtual Accessibility Tours, content updates, partial re-scans and full re-scans. Both commercial elements will be evaluated in accordance with the published commercial evaluation methodology, with pricing assessed on a proportional versus best basis
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,638,205 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED buys Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221), and who usually turns up
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 101 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid7% / 0%
2–357% / 25%
4–636% / 25%
7+0% / 50%
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Below estimate83% / 50%
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Above estimate17% / 0%
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Lot #1CPV 7221Published estimate£4.1m
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1 bid7%
2–337%
4–638%
7+18%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 20 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
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Middle 50%£3.6m–£4.1m
Estimate£4.1m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| CACI LtdWorked for this buyer | Open Data Feedruns to Apr 2029 | — | £867k | Similar wording and category |
| Cordel LtdWorked for this buyer | Point Cloud Data Processing - Structure Gauging Service Boosterruns to Dec 2027 | — | £4.3m | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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KPMGLarge | £570m148 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 38 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=23 |
CIVICA UK LIMITEDLarge | £47m161 awards in 36m · last this month | 63 live · £163m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=19 |
| £13m32 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £4.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £37m18 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 42% below n=2 | |
Experian LimitedLarge | £9.9m27 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 14 live · £2.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% above n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Feb 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104075- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f5e7Find a Tender
- How it runs
Network Rail is conducting this procurement using a single-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers will be required to submit Qualification, Technical and Commercial responses.
Qualification submissions will be assessed against the Conditions of Participation and other mandatory pass/fail requirements. Only suppliers that satisfy these requirements will proceed to full Technical and Commercial evaluation.
Technical responses will be evaluated against the published award criteria and weightings. Suppliers must demonstrate compliance with all mandatory requirements and achieve any minimum scoring thresholds specified within the procurement documents.
As part of the evaluation process, suppliers will be required to participate in a solution demonstration to validate specific elements of their tender submission. Network Rail will use the outcomes of these demonstrations to inform the final technical evaluation.
Network Rail may seek clarification of responses during the procurement process where permitted. Contract award will be made to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender based on the published evaluation methodology.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Subject to any unforseen circumstances, the Invitation To Tender will be released on 3rd November 2026 via Network Rail's Bravo Platform:
(networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗)
Please ensure you are registered and have an active account.
Timeline
9 Sept 2026 → 4 Mar 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published55 days ago9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Market engagement47 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: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- From the welcome screen access the 'view current opportunites' link and select "#45652 - Virtual Accessibility Tours"
- Click on the attachments to view the attached documents.
- Next notice expected27 days ago7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published25h ago3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days18 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 90 days2 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 119 days4 Mar 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2026, 15:50 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £4,100,0003 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
- Status changed to active3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
- Procurement method changed3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
- Deadline published: 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT3 Nov 2026, 10:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender