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# W&W Frontline Labour Framework Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/w-w-frontline-labour-framework-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-064df9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "W&W Frontline Labour Framework Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £42,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £42,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Highways consultancy services, Placement services of personnel, Railway construction works, Railway engineering services, Railway-track maintenance services (+5 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKI3, UKI7, UKK, UKK11, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/w-w-frontline-labour-framework-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-064df9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064df9`

## Before you bid
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- **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/w-w-frontline-labour-framework-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-064df9#tl-md)

## Description
Please note the contract start and end dates are to be confirmed. The dates represented in this notice are incorrect.
Network Rail is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to the potential future provision of frontline labour services for the Wales Route and the Western Route.
The current Frontline Labour Framework provides principal vendor arrangements for the supply of core frontline labour across geographic lots, supported by national specialist lots covering Electrification & Plant (E&P) and Signalling & Telecoms (S&T) grades. As part of an ongoing category and route-level review, Network Rail is considering whether future requirements for the Wales and Western Routes could be delivered through separate route-based frameworks, procured independently of other regions.
The services in scope are expected to include the provision of frontline rail labour to support maintenance and enhancement activities on Network Rail infrastructure, including (but not limited to):
Track (core) labour
Civils (core) labour
Trackworker protection roles
Semi-professional grades
Sentinel-sponsored and competence-managed rail labour
All supplied personnel would be required to meet relevant industry standards, including Sentinel requirements and applicable Network Rail assurance, safety and competency frameworks.
Through this preliminary market engagement exercise, Network Rail seeks to:
Assess market capability and capacity to support route-specific frontline labour frameworks;
Understand existing supplier presence and labour pool availability within the Wales and Western Routes;
Test supplier appetite to bid for one or both route-based frameworks;
Explore mobilisation, resilience and delivery considerations under a route-led procurement model;
Gather insight into potential opportunities to enhance operational responsiveness, local accountability and overall value.
This notice is issued for market engagement purposes only. It does not constitute a call for competition, does not commit Network Rail to undertake any procurement, and does not form part of a formal procurement process. Any future procurement would be subject to separate notice in accordance with applicable procurement regulations.
Network Rail welcomes responses from both incumbent and non-incumbent suppliers with relevant frontline rail labour capability.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 45234100, 45234120, 45234125, 50220000, 50225000, 71311200
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKK, UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/07/2027 to 11/11/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012449-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-11T14:16:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T12:13:53.669Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-064df9