Official UK procurement notice
Loss Adjusting Services - Network Rail
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide specialist loss adjusting services for the provision of policy liability and quantum investigations for Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
The categories of claims are detailed below:
- Property Damage (claims from £2,000,000 to £75,000,000)
- Business Interruption (claims from £2,000,000 to £75,000,000)
- Industry Property Liability Claims (claims from £250,000 to £5,000,000)
This contract may also include future Great British Railways and/or Department for Transport Operator requirements following rail reform.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 25 Jan 2031, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: 2 stage process Stage 1) Combined PSQ and ITT Stage 2) BAFO negotiation round
CPV: Insurance services · Loss adjustment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
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 (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 25 Jan 2031
- First published
- 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076757- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056a33Find a Tender
- How it runs
2 stage process
Stage 1) Combined PSQ and ITT
Stage 2) BAFO negotiation round
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 30 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Market engagement15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Network Rail is conducting preliminary market engagement (PME) to assess the market's capability and appetite to deliver loss adjusting services that are specific to the UK railway industry.
This is not a call for competition, but a request for information to inform a potential future procurement exercise in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23).
We invite suppliers to respond to the following questions to help us understand market capacity, capability, and any barriers to participation.
All questions can be found on Network Rails Esourcing Platform, BravoNR. A link to the oppotunity listing can be found below:
networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/toolkit/opportu… ↗
All responses to the below questions should be sent to jack.spence2@networkrail.co.uk by 15:00 on 15/08/2025.
- Next notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published336 days ago25 Nov 2025, 10:46 GMT
- Clarification questions by325 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline308 days ago22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by196 days ago13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent196 days ago14 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published196 days ago14 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST
- Standstill ends186 days ago23 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts150 days ago30 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published25 Nov 2025, 10:46 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active25 Nov 2025, 10:46 GMT
- Procurement method changed25 Nov 2025, 10:46 GMT
- Deadline published: 22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT25 Nov 2025, 10:46 GMT
- Contract award notice published14 Apr 2026, 11:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 Apr 2026, 11:05 BST
- Contract signature expected27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick International UK LtdLoss Adjusting Services1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031Extensions: 1+1 | £605,400 | 14 Apr 2026standstill to 23 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sedgwick International UKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender