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Published 25 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PVAL - Civils Enabling Works

Official notice

Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdUtilities
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£233,333£280,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Aug 2025
Contract term 3 moends 31 Dec 2025 · starts 13 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern Trains Limited, is a Train Operating Company (TOC) that operates passenger rail services in Northern England. Northern Trains Limited is publishing this notice to establish a contract with a single supplier for the Civils Enabling Works relative to the PVAL Installation works at our Northern Stations.

PVAL - Civils Enabling Works - The scope of the enabling works will include all cabling, termination to the agreed standards and the installation of the poles (some may be wall mounted) which will host the PVAL head. The PVAL head itself will be installed by others, who will co-ordinate with the Principal Contractor as needed.

The nature of the arrangement is that works will be supplied under a JCT Intermediate agreement.

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:

under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State’s duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or

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 Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies, 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.

Other Information

Northern Trains Limited expressly reserves the right:

not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and

in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers.

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CPV: Civil engineering support services · Construction work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 moPublished value£233,333
Contract period: 13 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 (3 mo)Value: £233,333 exc. VAT · £280,000 inc. VAT

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Social Value
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
25 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update
25 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043257
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Civil engineering support servicesConstruction workWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05668e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
15 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
15 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Jul 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    15 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    15 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts382 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Trains Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PZCJ-2164-HJQZ George Stephenson House, Toft Green, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6JTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender