Official UK procurement notice
Network Rail Physiotherapy Services and Functional Rehabilitation Programme
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is sourcing a supplier to provide a comprehensive, UK-wide physiotherapy and physical restoration service for Network Rail employees. The services will include Telephone Initial Assessments, face-to-face and remote physiotherapy treatment, guided self-help, Functional Restoration Programmes, digital and online resources, clinical case management, employee outcome reporting and associated management information. The service will support employees experiencing musculoskeletal conditions through evidence-based, work-focused treatment and rehabilitation pathways, with the aim of improving health outcomes, supporting return to work and reducing musculoskeletal ill health across Network Rail.
- Two-stage procedure: up to 4 candidates will be invited to tender.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2031, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement for Physiotherapy and Functional Restoration Programme Services will be conducted under the Procurement Act 2023 using the Competitive Flexible Procedure. The process will comprise a PSQ stage (with short listing), Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage and eAuction, with the contract awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). Participation Stage The PSQ will be published on 26 October 2026 via Network Rail’s Bravo Portal. Participants will be required to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including the exclusion grounds checks and Conditions of Participation covering financial standing, technical capability and experience. Participants must achieve a Pass against all applicable Pass/Fail requirements and meet the specified minimum technical scoring thresholds. Qualifying Participants will then be ranked by their total weighted PSQ score, with Network Rail intending to shortlist four Participants to progress to the Tender Stage. The deadline for PSQ clarification questions is 13 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT, with PSQ responses due by 23 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT. Tender Stage The Tender Stage will launch on 10 February 2027. Only shortlisted Participants will be invited to submit technical and commercial responses against the requirements set out in the ITT documentation. Tender responses are due by 10 March 2027 at 15:00 GMT. Tenders will be evaluated and moderated in accordance with the published evaluation methodology. eAuction and Final Assessment All compliant Tenderers meeting the applicable technical thresholds will be invited to participate in the eAuction. The initial commercial tender will form each Tenderer’s starting commercial position. Please see the Instruction to Participants document which will be released at the Participation Stage for further details of these activities
CPV: Physiotherapy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,100,000
- Economic & financial standing
Network Rail is using a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
which sets out its Conditions of Participation for this Procurement.
Candidates must confirm they have the legal capacity to perform the
contract under the laws of England and Wales, are registered on the
Central Digital Platform (CDP), and are not subject to mandatory
exclusion grounds or listed on the debarment list. Candidates must
also confirm compliance with UK data protection law (UK GDPR) by
contract award.
All entities who are relied upon to meet the criteria are required to
provide their own up-to-date core information on the Central Digital
Platform (CDP).
Financial Capacity
Candidates must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity to perform the contract by meeting the following minimum requirements:
- Financial Health: Completion of the Network Rail Financial and Economic Standing Model and achieving a pass score in accordance with the model's criteria.
- Financial Information: Provision of financial data for the last three
years, including Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet figures, to enable
assessment of key financial ratios.
- Parent Company Guarantee: Network Rail reserves the right to require a parent company guarantee or alternative form of security.
Please refer to the Instructions to Participants for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
Additional accreditations are a mandatory requirement for any
succesful Candidate. Please see the Instructions to Participants for
full details.
Candidates must also demonstrate the following technical capabilities to participate in this procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 including:
Service Overview and Delivery Model
Reporting
Mobilisation and Communication
Business Continuity
Resource Management and Retention
Social Value
The above technical requirements hold minimum pass marks. Please refer to the Instructions to Participants for full details
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The shortlisting Process (PSQ) will involve an evaluation and a moderation process resulting in an agreed score which will be weighted according to the designated weight of the question as described in the Instructions to Participants document. It is the intention of Network Rail to select a shortlist of 4 candidates to progress to the Tender Stage.
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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).
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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/Quality Envelope: 70%
- Commercial Envelope: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality Envelope: The high level summary of the ITT technical envelope question themes are as follows: Safety Social Value, Sustainability and Ethical workforce delivery Reporting Service Delivery (Approach and methodology, Resourcing and Business Continuity) Quality Assurance Mobilisation and Exit Planning Data Protection After evaluation of the ITT submissions, tenderers who have scored 50% of the overall technical weighting will be invited to an eAuction stage. Detailed information will be provided to successful tenderers following evaluation of the ITT submissions.
- Commercial Envelope: The commercial model will consist of service lines relevant to the requirements of the specification (Physiotherapy Services & Functional Restoration Programme): After evaluation of the ITT submissions, tenderers who have scored 50% of the overall technical weighting will be invited to an eAuction stage. Detailed information will be provided to successful tenderers following evaluation of the final submissions.
- Economic & financial standing
Network Rail is using a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
which sets out its Conditions of Participation for this Procurement.
Candidates must confirm they have the legal capacity to perform the
contract under the laws of England and Wales, are registered on the
Central Digital Platform (CDP), and are not subject to mandatory
exclusion grounds or listed on the debarment list. Candidates must
also confirm compliance with UK data protection law (UK GDPR) by
contract award.
All entities who are relied upon to meet the criteria are required to
provide their own up-to-date core information on the Central Digital
Platform (CDP).
Financial Capacity
Candidates must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity to perform the contract by meeting the following minimum requirements:
- Financial Health: Completion of the Network Rail Financial and Economic Standing Model and achieving a pass score in accordance with the model's criteria.
- Financial Information: Provision of financial data for the last three
years, including Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet figures, to enable
assessment of key financial ratios.
- Parent Company Guarantee: Network Rail reserves the right to require a parent company guarantee or alternative form of security.
Please refer to the Instructions to Participants for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
Additional accreditations are a mandatory requirement for any
succesful Candidate. Please see the Instructions to Participants for
full details.
Candidates must also demonstrate the following technical capabilities to participate in this procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 including:
Service Overview and Delivery Model
Reporting
Mobilisation and Communication
Business Continuity
Resource Management and Retention
Social Value
The above technical requirements hold minimum pass marks. Please refer to the Instructions to Participants for full details
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The shortlisting Process (PSQ) will involve an evaluation and a moderation process resulting in an agreed score which will be weighted according to the designated weight of the question as described in the Instructions to Participants document. It is the intention of Network Rail to select a shortlist of 4 candidates to progress to the Tender Stage.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,456,003 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514), 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: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 148 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13% / 31%
2–350% / 31%
4–638% / 22%
7+0% / 16%
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.
Below estimate83% / 24%
Within ±2%0% / 61%
Above estimate17% / 15%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8514Published estimate£5.1m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–369%
4–622%
7+3%
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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.
Based on 17 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£4.5m–£5.0m
Estimate£5.1m
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £209m37 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £850k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £87m25 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £150k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £133m34 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 12 live · £30m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 | |
| £308m18 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £218m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £17m51 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £2.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 |
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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regimeUtilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2031
- First published
- 14 May 2026, 09:48 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Oct 2026, 17:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 May 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101232- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069868Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement for Physiotherapy and Functional Restoration Programme Services will be conducted under the Procurement Act 2023 using the Competitive Flexible Procedure. The process will comprise a PSQ stage (with short listing), Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage and eAuction, with the contract awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT).
Participation Stage
The PSQ will be published on 26 October 2026 via Network Rail’s Bravo Portal. Participants will be required to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including the exclusion grounds checks and Conditions of Participation covering financial standing, technical capability and experience.
Participants must achieve a Pass against all applicable Pass/Fail requirements and meet the specified minimum technical scoring thresholds. Qualifying Participants will then be ranked by their total weighted PSQ score, with Network Rail intending to shortlist four Participants to progress to the Tender Stage.
The deadline for PSQ clarification questions is 13 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT, with PSQ responses due by 23 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT.
Tender Stage
The Tender Stage will launch on 10 February 2027. Only shortlisted Participants will be invited to submit technical and commercial responses against the requirements set out in the ITT documentation.
Tender responses are due by 10 March 2027 at 15:00 GMT. Tenders will be evaluated and moderated in accordance with the published evaluation methodology.
eAuction and Final Assessment
All compliant Tenderers meeting the applicable technical thresholds will be invited to participate in the eAuction. The initial commercial tender will form each Tenderer’s starting commercial position.
Please see the Instruction to Participants document which will be
released at the Participation Stage for further details of these activities
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Shortlist
- up to 4 candidates invited to tender
networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
(All documentation and access via "Current opportunities" listing under the BravoNR link above for Suppliers)
Timeline
14 May 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published166 days ago14 May 2026, 09:48 BST
- Market engagement147 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Engagement submissions to be made via the Network Rail BravoNR procurement portal.
- Tender notice published17h ago26 Oct 2026, 16:39 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 17 days13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days23 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 212 days27 May 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 338 days1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 May 2026, 09:48 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Oct 2026, 16:39 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £5,100,00026 Oct 2026, 16:39 GMTwas £5,000,000
- Status changed to active26 Oct 2026, 16:39 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Oct 2026, 16:39 GMT
- Tender notice published26 Oct 2026, 17:06 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: All future documents and updates will be published via Bravo throughout the event. Where a stage is in progress, a message shall be sent to all participants within the stage to inform them of any documents circulated. The documents that will be issued as part of the Tender stage to the successful participants may be either confidential in nature or be determined by Tenderers responses:. - Instruction to Participants (Updated Tender Criteria section for ITT stage) - ITT Technical Questions Detailed Scoring Guidance (At ITT stage) - Commercial Model (At ITT stage) - NR Standards and Policies (At ITT Stage) - TUPE Information
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender 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