Closed tender

#44262 - Crossing Restoration Machine (CRM)

Details

Published
14 April 2026
Submission
24 April 2026

Tender description

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) by way of a Request for Information (RFI) to better understand market capability, maturity, and readiness related to the development and deployment of an automated Crossing Restoration Machine (CRM). Suppliers are invited to provide non‑binding information in response to the attached PME documentation. The purpose of this engagement is to inform Network Rail’s understanding of potential technical solutions, delivery approaches, and feasibility and does not constitute a call for competition, a commitment to procure, or any form of supplier selection. Participation or non‑participation in this PME will not prejudice suppliers in any future procurement process. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published14 April 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date24 April 2026

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.

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