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Published 18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

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Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£866,578published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 2 Apr 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to CACI Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The requirement is for the continued provision of the Network Rail Open Data (NROD) service, including hosting, processing, and management of the NROD platform and publishing of datasets into the Rail Data Marketplace (RDM). The supplier must provide production and development environments, process operational and infrastructure datasets for up to 1,000 users, and deliver a managed service covering incident management, proactive monitoring, quarterly releases, service reporting, and support under defined SLAs. The service is supplied by CACI Limited as a fixed‑price, time‑limited managed service, with no change in scope or functional delivery from the existing live service.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
72317000 Data storage services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT
Last source update
13 Apr 2026, 13:20 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033269
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066d38 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct Award under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 due to exclusive intellectual property ownership and the absence of any reasonable alternative solution without disproportionate cost or operational risk

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Apr 2026 → 22 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published196 days ago
    13 Apr 2026, 13:20 BST
  2. Standstill ends187 days ago
    22 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    13 Apr 2026, 13:20 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    22 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £866,5781 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CACI Ltd1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029£866,5782 Apr 2026standstill to 22 Apr 2026Standstill

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 email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CACI LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01649776 Caci House, Avonmore Road, Kensington Village, London, W14 8TSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender