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title: "Weedspray Planning and Management"
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# Weedspray Planning and Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weedspray-planning-and-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03c957). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Weedspray Planning and Management". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jun 2023. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 June 2023 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £3,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c957`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/weedspray-planning-and-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03c957#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weedspray-planning-and-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03c957#participate

## Description
This service is for the planning and management of the annual weedspray season, which requires a qualified supplier to plan and manage the use of Network Rail's vehicles used for weedspray activities on the infrastructure (i.e., multi-purpose vehicles), and of the hand spray teams to spray the immediate track with herbicides to counteract any weed growth according to defined growing seasons.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Network Rail has a requirement for the planning and management of the annual weedspray season on a national basis.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Weedspray Planning and Management (active)
  - Award id: `028859-2023-ecm_38565-1`
  - Supplier(s): **JSD Research and Development Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93915`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Weedspray Planning and Management (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 28/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028859-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-29T15:17:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:23.369Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c957