Pre-tender

Welding Framework Southern Region

Details

Value
£72,000,000
Topic
Welding
Published
27 October 2026
Submission
31 March 2027in 5 months

Tender description

Welding services within Network Rail refer to the provision of specialist rail welding and associated works required to maintain the safety, integrity and performance of the railway infrastructure. These services support the repair, maintenance and joining of rail assets, helping to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of the network. The framework’s scope will cover aluminothermic rail welding, thermic and arc welding, welding repair works, rail grinding, weld inspection, rail burning and associated works, providing additional specialist capability and capacity where Network Rail is unable to meet operational requirements through internal resources.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published27 October 2026
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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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