Provision of Specialist Labour for the CP7 Conductor Rail Renewals – Wessex
Details
- Buyer
- Network Rail
- Supplier(s)
- Cleshar Contract Services Limited
- Value
- £7,600,000
- Topic
- Electrical engineering installation works
- Published
- 31 March 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The works to be provided are primarily on the Wessex route with possible work on the Kent and Sussex routes if required. A collaborative arrangement with Network Rail who will take the role of the Principal Contractor and who will provide ‘free issue’ any materials and specialist plant required to perform the services. An efficient and accurate process in place to call off skilled labour and possession/worksite support in line with Y2 programmes onwards. During the last control period, the Wessex Works Delivery Conductor Rail team delivered a total of 57.6km of renewals. Network Rail are seeking a supplier to provide specialist labour to assist with the delivery of the remaining CP7 volume. Lot 1: A competitive tender via RISQS has been completed for the procurement of CP7 Conductor Rail Renewals Framework. The Scope of Services is to provide Network Rail Wessex (and the ability to cover Kent and Sussex) with trained and competent Conductor Rail renewals labour. The initial term for the framework is 5 years with the option to extend by +1+1+1 years (total of 8 years including extensions). This is a single supplier framework.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date25 March 2026
- Completed: Award published31 March 2026Current 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
- 45315100 · Electrical engineering installation works
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | 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 |
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