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Published 12 Dec 2025, 18:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Anglia Route Station Litter Clearance

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£4,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 23 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of station litter clearance services

CPV: Litter collection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
90511300 Litter collection services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED buys Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051), and who usually turns up

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · all categories
The marketRefuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 of 48 known-size awards · market: CPV 9051 · UK-wide, n=207
23%59%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 13 known-location awards · market: CPV 9051 · UK-wide, n=226
38%64%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 decided notices · market: CPV 9051 · UK-wide, n=63
148 days44 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 148 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 54 of 77 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9051 · UK-wide, n=219
70%36%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer16 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market182 lots with bid counts · CPV 9051 · UK-wide
34% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 34%
Buyer: 2 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 61 of 182 lots with published bid counts.
2–350% / 45%
Buyer: 8 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 82 of 182 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 19%
Buyer: 6 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 34 of 182 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 3%
Buyer: 0 of 16 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 182 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with estimate and award · all categories
83% below estimate
The market101 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9051 · UK-wide
39% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate83% / 39%
Buyer: 5 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 39 of 101 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%0% / 38%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 38 of 101 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17% / 24%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 24 of 101 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 905136 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£4.5m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 182 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet34% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 182 similar lots
1 bid34%
61 of 182 similar past lots received 1 bid (34%).
2–345%
82 of 182 similar past lots received 2–3 (45%).
4–619%
34 of 182 similar past lots received 4–6 (19%).
7+3%
5 of 182 similar past lots received 7+ (3%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £4.5m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • 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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Dec 2025, 18:29 GMT
Last source update
12 Dec 2025, 18:29 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082700
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Litter collection services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f542 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published319 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 18:29 GMT
  2. Market engagement277 days ago
    23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

    This pre market engagement focuses on new ways Network Rail could potentially structure the future litter clearance tender, generate efficiencies, improve performance and ensure customer satisfaction is maintained.

    In order to view further information please follow the below instructions:

    1. Follow the link - networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
    2. From the welcome screen, access the 'View Current Opportunities" link and select project _44967.
    3. Please complete the pre market engagement questionnaire via the link provided in opportunity attachments.
    4. Any feedback, questions or clarifications in respect of this notice should be addressed to Jacob.Coward@networkrail.co.uk.

    Please note that any content received via response to this Notice will be used purely for information purposes only and will not be deemed as forming part of any proposed bid now, or any potential future tender. This Notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services, supplies or works mentioned in this Notice and Network Rail will not accept any proposals offered in response to this Notice. Network Rail is not liable for any costs, fees, or expenses incurred by any party in replying to or attending any Notice event.

  3. Tender notice expected246 days ago
    23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 154 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Dec 2025, 18:29 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNZN-9524-VCQJ Waterloo General Office, London, London, SE1 8SWContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure