Closed tender

#45652 - Virtual Accessibility Tours

Details

Published
10 September 2026
Submission
17 September 2026

Tender description

Network Rail is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform a future procurement for the delivery of Virtual Accessibility Tours across a baseline portfolio of 250 railway stations in Great Britain. The proposed service includes station surveys and scans, panoramic image capture, the creation of accessible interactive virtual tours and related digital assets, implementation, testing, publication support, training, and ongoing support and maintenance. The purpose of this PME is to gather supplier feedback on: -The clarity and completeness of the draft requirements -The adequacy of the station information provided to support reliable pricing -The feasibility of the proposed delivery timetable -The suitability of the proposed commercial approach, including fixed pricing and station substitutions -Key delivery dependencies, risks and opportunities This engagement will help Network Rail refine its requirements, delivery assumptions, commercial approach and future sourcing strategy. Suppliers are invited to review the PME Guidance Note, draft requirements and Supplier Questionnaire available within this opportunity, and to respond in line with the instructions provided. This opportunity relates to preliminary market engagement only. It is not a call for competition, does not constitute a commitment to procure and does not form part of a formal procurement process.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published10 September 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date17 September 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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