Official UK procurement notice
Non Rail Plant Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of short term plant hire and operatives (if required) across Eastern Region. Examples of plant include; mini diggers, rubber duck with grab, canter lorry's, backhoe loaders, lining machines, motorised barrows, pecker attachments, sit on dumpers, skidsteer grabs, telehandlers, tipper trucks, van/pick up trucks.
CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Non Rail Plant Framework - AngliaAwarded
Provision of short term plant hire and operatives (if required) across Anglia route.
Lot #2Non Rail Plant Framework - East Midlands (plus East Coast mainline South)Awarded
Provision of short term plant hire and operatives (if required) across East Midlands route as well as East Coast mainline South.
Lot #3Non Rail Plant Framework - North and East (plus East Coast mainline North)Awarded
Provision of short term plant hire and operatives (if required) across North and East route plus East Coast mainline North.
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 (6)
- Plant Hire: 10%
- Plant Maintenance: 5%
- Health and Safety: 10%
- Fatigue Management: 5%
- price: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Plant Hire: 10%
- Plant Maintenance: 5%
- Health and Safety: 10%
- Fatigue Management: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
- Price: 60%
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Non Rail Plant 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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091116- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ad6Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £6,533,333, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Non Rail Plant Framework - Anglia
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- £6,533,333
- Status
- active
Non Rail Plant Framework - East Midlands (plus East Coast mainline South)
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Non Rail Plant Framework - East Midlands (plus East Coast mainline South)
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Non Rail Plant Framework - North & East (plus East Coast mainline North)
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Non Rail Plant Framework - North & East (plus East Coast mainline North)
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Non Rail Plant Framework - Anglia | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Non Rail Plant Framework - East Midlands (plus East Coast mainline South) | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Non Rail Plant Framework - North and East (plus East Coast mainline North) | 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Land Recovery Rail LimitedFramework contractor
- Pod Trak LimitedFramework contractor
- Wrights of Crockey Hill LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.