Official UK procurement notice
Distribution and Plant Minor Design Framework
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service comprises a comprehensive survey and design service for schemes delivered by the Works Delivery teams across the Eastern Region.
CPV: Specialised chemical products · Survey design services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 4 suppliers appointed
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This requirement is for fully competent professional services to deliver assured…Awarded
This requirement is for fully competent professional services to deliver assured designs, and associated surveys, to support the delivery of minor distribution and plant requirements on Network Rail's infrastructure. These Services will be required on an ad-hoc basis.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 40
- Commercial: 60
- price: 60
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercial: 60%
- Technical: 40%
- Price: 60%
- Price carries 120 of 160 points: a 10% discount moves about 12 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Distribution and Plant Minor Design Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 May 2021, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071584- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b21bFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Where relevant, contract performance conditions will be stated in the procurement documents.
Publisher note: Members will provide contact details for each procurement in their procurement documents.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- —
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
- Buyer details updated20 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Nov 2025, 12:31 GMT
- Buyer details updated29 Jul 2026, 10:59 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-05: 1 release · 18 May 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,025,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Surveys and Minor Designs for Distribution and Plant
- Signed
- 20 Jul 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 072382-2025-1
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 072382-2025-2
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Adhesion Modifier for Autumn Services
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2025
- Value
- £6,435,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- RSSBContracting authorityRailway services
- Transport for LondonContracting authorityPublic transport
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
- See section VI.3Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- AGH Engineering LimitedFramework contractor
- Gateway Construction Services LimitedFramework contractor
- LNT Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- Scott Parnell LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.