Official UK procurement notice
Next Generation on Train Wifi (Members of RM6370)
Authority: LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Procurement is a Competitive Flexible Procedure open to members of the GCA Dynamic Market RM6370 Space Technology Solutions (supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dm/RM6370 ↗)
LNER is looking to procure a new solution with the ability to provide LNER customers and on train staff with high-quality Wi-Fi on LNER's fleet of 65 trains:
The current fleet encompasses 43 x 9 car trains carrying up to 615 passengers and 22 x 5 car trains carrying up to 302 passengers. There will be additional 10 trains with similar numbers to the 9 car trains in the future.
The requirement covers the provision and installation of relevant hardware, delivery of end-user service and provision of data backhaul, also including authentication and data capture.
Tenderers must be members of the Dynamic Market RM6370 (supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dm/RM6370 ↗ ) at the time of the tender response deadline with the following part numbers for their bids to be considered:
143 SATCOM User Terminal
205 Up-Link and Down-Link Services
210 Communication Services
235 SATCOM Ground Segment Services
236 SATCOM User Terminal Services
237 SATCOM - Management Services
240 SATCOM - Security Services
To meet this requirement applications to join the dynamic market must be submitted no later than 23/09/2026. Bidders who have not yet been admitted at time of their tender submission are requested to provide evidence of their application including the date of submission with their response
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£34,600,000
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must be members of the Dynamic Market RM6370 (supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dm/RM6370 ↗ ) at the time of the tender response deadline with the following part numbers for their bids to be considered:
143 SATCOM User Terminal
205 Up-Link and Down-Link Services
210 Communication Services
235 SATCOM Ground Segment Services
236 SATCOM User Terminal Services
237 SATCOM - Management Services
240 SATCOM - Security Services
To meet this requirement applications to join the dynamic market must be submitted no later than 23/09/2026. Bidders who have not yet been admitted at time of their tender submission are requested to provide evidence of their application including the date of submission with their response.
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 (5)
- Specification Compliance: 20%
- Solution implementation and governance: 20%
- Continuous service improvement: 10%
- Whole Life Contract Cost: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Specification Compliance
- Solution implementation and governance
- Continuous service improvement
- Social Value
- Whole Life Contract Cost
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must be members of the Dynamic Market RM6370 (supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dm/RM6370 ↗ ) at the time of the tender response deadline with the following part numbers for their bids to be considered:
143 SATCOM User Terminal
205 Up-Link and Down-Link Services
210 Communication Services
235 SATCOM Ground Segment Services
236 SATCOM User Terminal Services
237 SATCOM - Management Services
240 SATCOM - Security Services
To meet this requirement applications to join the dynamic market must be submitted no later than 23/09/2026. Bidders who have not yet been admitted at time of their tender submission are requested to provide evidence of their application including the date of submission with their response.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 26 May 2025, 08:55 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
RFQ000064 (LNER10027)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085646- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05262fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Undisputed invoices shall be paid within 30 days and Invoices should all be submitted electronically with a valid Purchase Order number quoted.Undisputed invoices shall be paid within 30 days and Invoices should all be submitted electronically with a valid Purchase Order number quoted.
- Risks
Additional Information:
Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway:
a) under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or
b) under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or
c) in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body.
The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/public-regi… ↗.
Novation or Assignment:
The contract may be novated or assigned by London North Eastern Railway to a Train Operating Company, or to DfT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance or any publicly owned operator of passenger services (currently intended to be Great British Railways).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
To Request to Participate in this tender please register on LNER's supplier portal - Oracle Fusion.
For new suppliers registering for this tender, please follow the link and register below:
tinyurl.com/LNERFusionRegistration ↗
If you already have an account registered, please email Procurement@lner.co.uk to request to be added to the tender project area. You will not be able to register a new account with the same company details.
Timeline
26 May 2025 → 2 Jan 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published26 May 2025, 08:55 BST
- Market engagement141 days ago8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Please respond to the questionnaire at forms.office.com/e/iM1LkJPDnL ↗
Please note, that this is not an invitation to tender at this stage, but intended to gain a better understanding of what is available in the market.
- Next notice expected87 days ago1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published48 days ago10 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
- Submission deadline12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 51 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 65 days2 Jan 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2025- Pipeline notice published26 May 2025, 08:55 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 May 2026, 16:35 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published10 Sept 2026, 09:19 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender