Stale Pre-tender

Provision of Re-Railing Services and fitment of Wheelskates

Details

Buyer: Network Rail
Value: £48,984,717.87
Topic: Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
Published: 31 July 2025
Submission: 15 August 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The PSQ is for the procurement of operational support in supplying re-railing Services and fitment of wheelskates which means recovery of rail vehicles in the case of but not limited to crashes, derailments, wheel skating and breakdowns where the rail vehicle cannot be moved under its own power. This requirement will include hire of plant i.e. Re-railing equipment like lifting and jacking plant, wheel skates, Road Rail Vehicles as well as Hire of labour. The Procurement Documents can be downloaded from Network Rail's BravoNR sourcing platform via this link. https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html From the welcome screen, access the 'Current Opportunities' link and select #40327 – Provision of Re-Railing Services and fitment of Wheelskates

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published31 July 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Network Rail runs a safe, efficient railway, and buys as a central public body split between a national Route Services team and its regional routes. Suppliers must register on BravoNR, Network Rail's procurement portal, before bidding for work. Every prospective supplier also registers on Find a Tender, the Cabinet Office's digital platform. Safety-critical work needs audited status on RISQS, the rail industry's supplier qualification scheme, before Network Rail contracts directly. A contract register lists every national contract and framework, with a contact for each. Network Rail's latest spend reporting covers Control Period 7, the 2024-25 financial year.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Network Rail's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

34621000 · Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
50220000 · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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