W&W D&P and IPC Maintenance and Mentoring Support

• How the procedure runs: This procurement is for Wales and Western Distribution & Plant (D&P) and Integrated Protection and Control (IPC) Maintenance and Mentoring Support. There will be one lot for Wales and one lot for Western. One supplier will be awarded 100% of the work from each lot and the same supplier may win both lots. The suppliers will be required to be registered on RISQS under the following codes and also hold a Principal Contractors licence. • D.E.7.2: Transformers & Transformer Rectifiers / Maintain • F.C.3.1: Substations/Switching Stations / Maintain • F.C.3.2: HV Cabling / Maintain • F.C.3.3: Trackside Equipment / Maintain An additional RISQS code is required for Wales: • F.C.1.7: Switching / Maintain Suppliers with the relevant RISQS codes shown above have already been invited to participate via Network Rail's Bravo portal. If you wish to participate you will need to register with the relevant RISQS codes listed above using the RISQS portal: https://portal.risqs.org/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f Then please email [email protected] by 10am on the 17th August so that the Bravo PSQ link can be issued. A combined EOI (Expression of Interest) and PSQ (Pre-Selection Questionnaire) will be issued for both Wales and Western via Bravo. The PSQ will state which lots the Contractor wishes to apply for at ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage, should they be successful. Contractors are required to state whether they wish to bid for Wales, Western or both. The PSQ will be evaluated and scored by representatives from Wales and Western, the top 3 bidders for each route will then be invited to tender in accordance with the Instructions to Participants (ITP) document. Separate ITTs will then be issued to the bidders for each route. The questions and scoring criteria will be aligned to ensure there is efficiency. The tenders will then be scored and evaluated separately by representatives from each route in accordance with their individual requirements. A moderation workshop will then be held to check for any disparities and align scores where required. The same bidder may win both lots and will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient resources to cover both routes.
• No preliminary market engagement: A combined EOI/ PSQ will be issued in place of market engagement.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipment

Procedure method

Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Closed

Procurement threshold

Above threshold (FTS publication)

Regulatory regime

Utilities

Commercial structure

Call-off under a framework

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA, CPTPP)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

11 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST

Last source update

11 Aug 2026, 13:48 BST

Award evaluation window

Submission end – 12 Jan 2027

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-076232

Latest notice

Tender notice (UK4)

Classification (CPV)

Repair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipment

Delivery area

Not published

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-06e159 Find a Tender

How it runs

This procurement is for Wales and Western Distribution & Plant (D&P) and Integrated Protection and Control (IPC) Maintenance and Mentoring Support. There will be one lot for Wales and one lot for Western. One supplier will be awarded 100% of the work from each lot and the same supplier may win both lots.

The suppliers will be required to be registered on RISQS under the following codes and also hold a Principal Contractors licence.

• D.E.7.2: Transformers & Transformer Rectifiers / Maintain
• F.C.3.1: Substations/Switching Stations / Maintain
• F.C.3.2: HV Cabling / Maintain
• F.C.3.3: Trackside Equipment / Maintain

An additional RISQS code is required for Wales:

• F.C.1.7: Switching / Maintain

Suppliers with the relevant RISQS codes shown above have already been invited to participate via Network Rail's Bravo portal.

If you wish to participate you will need to register with the relevant RISQS codes listed above using the RISQS portal:

portal.risqs.org/Login ↗

Then please email [email protected] by 10am on the 17th August so that the Bravo PSQ link can be issued.

A combined EOI (Expression of Interest) and PSQ (Pre-Selection Questionnaire) will be issued for both Wales and Western via Bravo. The PSQ will state which lots the Contractor wishes to apply for at ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage, should they be successful. Contractors are required to state whether they wish to bid for Wales, Western or both.

The PSQ will be evaluated and scored by representatives from Wales and Western, the top 3 bidders for each route will then be invited to tender in accordance with the Instructions to Participants (ITP) document.

Separate ITTs will then be issued to the bidders for each route. The questions and scoring criteria will be aligned to ensure there is efficiency. The tenders will then be scored and evaluated separately by representatives from each route in accordance with their individual requirements. A moderation workshop will then be held to check for any disparities and align scores where required. The same bidder may win both lots and will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient resources to cover both routes.

Requests to participate (first stage)

13 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST

Submission deadline

13 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST

Submission channel

Official e-sourcing portal

Electronic submission

Allowed

Accepted languages

en