Closed tender

National Railcard Strategic Commercial Partner Service

Details

Buyer: Network Rail
Topic: Support services for railway transport
Published: 24 October 2025
Submission: 28 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This Contract award notice is being published to recognise the competitive flexible tender process undertaken to select a supplier to provide the Strategic Commercial Railcard Partner. The tender is to find a new Strategic Partner that has access to and can enter into new markets to promote the National Railcards, to drive additional card revenue and travel revenue for the rail industry. Although an open procedure process has been selected, this tender was conducted under Competitive flexible procedure. This tender was completed compliantly under PA23 legislation.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published24 October 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date28 November 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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@network-rail.gov