Closed tender

Supply of Cables and Wires

Details

Value
£146,000,000
Topic
Railway materials
Published
26 August 2025
Submission
23 September 2025

Tender description

Network Rail is responsible for maintaining the UK’s railway infrastructure and has a requirement to buy a range of Cable and Wire products for use on its infrastructure. Most of the Goods required for this contract will be used by internal customers: • Maintenance including Works Delivery, Network Rail’s team responsible for maintaining railway infrastructure and Works Delivery, Network Rail’s team responsible for enhancements and renewals of minor works packages. • Overhead Condition Renewals (OCR), Network Rail’s team that specialise in OLE renewal works. • Projects, all located in the UK. Projects are specific programmes of work that are either enhancement or renewals of the railway infrastructure. Projects are delivered by their party contractors working alongside Network Rail’s Capital Delivery Teams The contract term for all lots shall be for an initial four (4) year period. At Network Rail’s discretion this may be extended for up to two further two (2) year periods, a maximum total term of eight (8) years This procurement is broken into 7 lots. Potential Suppliers may bid for any or all lots, and a maximum of three suppliers shall be awarded a contract for each lot. Suppliers ranked first, second or third in a lot shall be admitted to the framework and awarded a contract for that lot. Suppliers may be awarded a contract for any or all lots that they submit a bid for.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published26 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date23 September 2025

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. Network Rail's latest spend reporting covers Control Period 7, the 2024-25 financial year.

Safety-critical work needs audited status on RISQS, the rail industry's supplier qualification scheme, before Network Rail contracts directly.

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

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