Awarded contract

Rail Haulage Services - Operation of the Supplier's Local Distribution Centres

Details

Buyer: Network Rail
Supplier(s): DB Cargo UK
Value: £67,400,000
Duration: 8 years
Topic: Railway transport services
Published: 12 November 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The operation of the Suppliers Local Distribution Centre (LDCs) in Doncaster, Hinksey, Hoo Junction, Toton, and Westbury, involves the shunting and marshalling of wagons to receive/prepare Network Services and Possession Services. ## Contract award Title: Operation of Rail Haulage Services

Timeline

Completed: Award published12 November 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date12 November 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2035in 8 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. 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.

Decision makers

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