National Railcard Strategic Commercial Partner Service
Details
- Buyer
- Network Rail
- Supplier(s)
- Santander UK PLC
- Value
- £84,500,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Railway transport services
- Published
- 3 June 2026
- 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. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award date9 March 2026
- Completed: Award published3 June 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date1 November 2029in 3 years
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
- 60200000 · Railway transport services
- 63711000 · Support services for railway transport
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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