Railway equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 34940000·Supplies · class·in Transport Equipment & Vehicles
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
Newest open tenders
1 of 2 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Network Rail Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Supply of Goods | NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | 12 Jul 2027 | 259d | — |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
34940000 Railway equipment29 notices · 33%34946000 Railway-track construction materials and supplies20 notices · 22%34946120 Railway materials19 notices · 21%34946110 Rails12 notices · 13%34941200 Track rails9 notices · 10%34941800 Railway points9 notices · 10%34941000 Rails and accessories8 notices · 9%34942000 Signalling equipment6 notices · 7%- Road equipment 245 · 12m
- Motor vehicles 169 · 12m
- Heavy-duty motor vehicles 149 · 12m
- Passenger cars 105 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 47 · 12m
- Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 46 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons 40 · 12m
- Ships 36 · 12m
- Traffic-monitoring equipment 34 · 12m
- Horse or hand-drawn carts, other non-mechanically-propelled vehicles, baggage carts and miscellaneous spare parts 34 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government53%(47 notices)
47 of 89 notices are Central government (53%).Other public bodies27%(24 notices)
24 of 89 notices are Other public bodies (27%).Local authorities4%(4 notices)
4 of 89 notices are Local authorities (4%).Not classified16%(14 notices)
14 of 89 notices are Not classified (16%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 45 | 12 | 1 |
| Translink | Other public bodies | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Trains Ltd | Other public bodies | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | Local authorities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (UTILITIES) | not classified | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Direct Rail Services Limited | Other public bodies | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| ScotRail Trains Limited | not classified | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED | Other public bodies | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| GCRE Ltd | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
18 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 40 of 89 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract73%(65 notices)
65 of 89 notices are Contract (73%).Framework26%(23 notices)
23 of 89 notices are Framework (26%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notices)
1 of 89 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published45%(40 notices)
40 of 89 notices are Route not published (45%).Open22%(20 notices)
20 of 89 notices are Open (22%).Selective18%(16 notices)
16 of 89 notices are Selective (18%).Limited / restricted8%(7 notices)
7 of 89 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Direct award7%(6 notices)
6 of 89 notices are Direct award (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold72%(13 notices)
13 of 18 notices are Above threshold (72%).Below threshold28%(5 notices)
5 of 18 notices are Below threshold (28%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 32 awards to 23 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| British Steel Limited | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Saarstahl Rail SAS | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Voestalpine Turnout Technology UK Ltd | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| AMARO GROUP LTD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Arcelormittal Espana SA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cemex UK Operations Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EDM Limited | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FirstClass Safety and Control Ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 18 of 89 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in railway equipment
2 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Network Rail Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Supply of Goods | NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | 12 Jul 2027 | 259d | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3494. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.