Awarded contract

Rail Storage Services at Askern and Marchwood

Details

Supplier(s)
INFRAMAT LIMITED, Associated British Ports
Value
£4,184,988
Duration
1 year
Topic
Railway-track maintenance services
Published
13 March 2026

Tender description

The requirement is to award two direct awards for the provision of Rail Storage services, one at Askern near Doncaster for short rail (less then 36m) and one at Marchwood near Southampton for the remaining overseas long rail (54/108m) that is not stored at Scunthorpe. Part of the requirements include unloading and loading at Askern and internal shunting and loading at Marchwood by the suppliers. The plan is to award the agreements, using appropriate indexation for the management of price control. Lot 1 at Askern is expected to last for 5 years starting in 2027 with a total value of 1329274 GBP and Lot 2 at Marchwood is expected to last for 1 year from June 2026 with a total value of 2855714 GBP, the total value of the two direct awards being 4184988 GBP. ## Contract award Title: Rail Unloading and Loading and Storage Services ## Contract award Title: Rail Storage Services

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published13 March 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date13 March 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2027in 8 months

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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