Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Under Sleeper Pads
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a pre-market engagement exercise for the procurement of Under sleeper pads (USPs).
Network Rail requires the following:
Under sleeper pads (USPs) - USP is a resilient (often elastomeric) layer fixed to the underside of concrete sleepers during the casting process to provide vibration protection and/or preserve the ballast under the tracks and improve track stability.
The contract dates entered below reference the deadline for the pre-market engagement exercise.
CPV: Railway materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 7 Jun 2025, 16:32 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jun 2025, 16:32 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030756- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0544deFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published7 Jun 2025, 16:32 BST
- Contract starts9 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Market engagement30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
This is a pre-market engagement exercise to gain an understanding of the market's expertise with regards to supply of Under Sleeper Pads (USPs).
The PIN questionnaire and scope of the requirement related to this procurement can be located via networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Follow the "View Current Opportunities" on the Bravo login page.
Please respond latest by 30/06/2025.
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Jun 2025, 16:32 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender