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Published 29 May 2025, 13:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ETCS Data Diagnostics - Preliminary Market Engagement (Update)

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 moends 4 May 2026 · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) will bring implement the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 and in-cab signalling via the Driver Machine Interface (DMI) onto the East Coast Main Line-South (ECML-S).

Currently, there is no efficient method for managing millions of data lines generated weekly from the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on the Northern City Line, and the rest of the East Coast and North & East regions as they are deployed.

The target is to have a diagnostic capability in place to optimise ETCS operations, predict failures, and enhance performance.

The development of the diagnostic capability is seen as vital to gain a deeper understanding of ETCS operations, including system behaviour, performance metrics, and underlying factors contributing to disruptions. It also provides the capability to predict and proactively address system failures.

Note that the delivery stage of the project is subject to PACE (Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment)

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software development services · Programming services of packaged software products · Software programming and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 6 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 4 May 2026 (6 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support72200000 Software programming and consultancy services72210000 Programming services of packaged software products72212100 Industry specific software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
29 May 2025, 13:56 BST
Last source update
10 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031162
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software development servicesProgramming services of packaged software productsSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0528d5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 May 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    29 May 2025, 13:56 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
  3. Market engagement
    12 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    For further information relating to the scope of this pre-market engagement and the submission process, please review the document titled "ETCS Data Diagnostics - Market Engagement" via the instructions below.

    1. Follow the link networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
    2. From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “ETCS Data Diagnostics - Pre Market Enagagement”. (Login is not required).
    3. Then follow the instructions in the "Responding to this Market Engagement" section of the attached document "ETCS Data Diagnostics - Market Engagement".
  4. Contract starts358 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 May 2025, 13:56 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £500,000
    10 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
    was £1,500,000

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

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure