Official UK procurement notice
Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme – York Electrical Control Room Relocation
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail is to award a contract via direct award under the Procurement Act 2023 to Siemens Mobility Limited.
The new TRU electrified route will need to be controlled from the York ECR and the existing integrated electrical control centre (IECC) cannot be expanded any further. This project is required to relocate the control room from its current location to a new proposed location.
RailCom Manager is the existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system within the current York IECC and has been installed since 2013. The newly installed TRU electrical infrastructure will need to feed into the new, York ECR and align itself with the SCADA system operating in that location (RailCom).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 26 Nov 2025, 15:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:15 GMT
- Authority reference
NRIL/TRU/612- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084443- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e988Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Siemens Mobility is the sole designer, manufacturer, and installer of the RailCom Manager system at the York Railway Operations Centre (ROC). Siemens holds exclusive intellectual property rights for the system’s design, control software, and technical documentation. Since its commissioning, Siemens has provided ongoing maintenance and technical support, ensuring compliance with all safety and performance standards.
To maintain system integrity and reliability. Siemens Mobility Limited possesses unique expertise required to integrate the RailCom software with operational power, telecoms, and associated support systems. Due to these exclusive rights and specialist knowledge, Siemens is the only supplier capable of delivering both the hardware and software components efficiently and in full compliance with operational requirements.
The design for the new location requires significant ergonomics input and stakeholder consultation work that can only be undertaken by those with a deep understanding of the RailCom system, including its technical constraints, and operational impacts.
Siemens Mobility Limited, as the system owner and integrator, is uniquely positioned to lead this activity.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published313 days ago18 Dec 2025, 14:15 GMT
- Standstill ends299 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published26 Nov 2025, 15:38 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published18 Dec 2025, 14:15 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED12 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 | £5,108,484 | 16 Dec 2025standstill to 31 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender