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Published 9 Apr 2025, 13:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

W&W Earthworks Examinations CP7 Year 2

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£3,500,000≈ £3.5m / year · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 May 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 9 Nov 2026 · up to 1 Nov 2027 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A tender process to deliver Earthworks Examinations for CP7 Year 2 to identify, determine and record information to enable Network Rail to manage the safety and performance of the Earthwork in accordance with NR/L3/CIV/065.

Examination of the following shall be carried out:

Earthworks (as defined by NR/L3/CIV/065),

Coastal and Estuarine Defences that are formed of earthworks.

Outside Party Slopes, whose failure may impact on Network Rail infrastructure, where the outside party is unable to provide a satisfactory management policy for the slope, will be, so far as is lawful, be subject to a cyclical examination.

This is a high level overview and further scope documentation will be provided via BravoNR.

  • How the procedure runs: This is a multi-stage tender procedure – PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) followed by a Tender (ITT) stage. There will be a PSQ for all participants and a minimum of 3 participants will be invited to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage. Tenderers who are invited to the ITT stage will have their bid evaluated using a 60% Technical, 40% Commercial criteria. The highest scoring Tenderer will be awarded the contract. All Participants are required to review all tender documents for full details. For this tender, RISQS (Railway Industry Standards Qualification Scheme) accreditation under code C.C.3.1.2.5 Earthworks will be required at point of award but is not necessary to participate in the tender process. The current award date is 31st August 2025 - if the successful bidder is not accredited under the code mentioned above by this date, they will be disqualified and the tender will be awarded to the next highest scoring compliant bid.
  • No preliminary market engagement: A pre-market engagement event was not required for this procurement.

CPV: Ground investigation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£3,500,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2026 (1 yr) · up to 1 Nov 2027 with extensionsValue: £3,500,000 exc. VAT · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: To be confirmed · Time extension permitted to complete full work-bank if required.Second stage: 3–null candidates invited to tender
71351500 Ground investigation services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    1. Supplier Financial Health Model Score greater than or equal to 40%.
    2. Debarment Details
    3. The following insurances in place post contract award:
    • Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = £10m
    • Public Liability Insurance = £10m
    • Professional Indemnity Insurance = £10m
    1. Registry with the CDP (Central Digital Platform)
  • Technical & professional ability

    All participants will be evaluated using the following criteria for their technical response which will be scored out of 100%:

    1. Technical & Professional Ability (3x Case Studies Required) – 75%
    2. Health & Safety – 10%
    3. Sustainability & Social Value – 15%

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: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Tender (ITT): 60%
  • Tender (ITT): 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Tender (ITT): o Resource & Contract Organisation - 20% o Programme - 20% o Urgent Defect – 5% o De-vegetation – 10% o Innovation & Continuous Improvement - 5%
  • Tender (ITT): Commercial & Pricing Evaluation
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing
    1. Supplier Financial Health Model Score greater than or equal to 40%.
    2. Debarment Details
    3. The following insurances in place post contract award:
    • Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = £10m
    • Public Liability Insurance = £10m
    • Professional Indemnity Insurance = £10m
    1. Registry with the CDP (Central Digital Platform)
  • Technical & professional ability

    All participants will be evaluated using the following criteria for their technical response which will be scored out of 100%:

    1. Technical & Professional Ability (3x Case Studies Required) – 75%
    2. Health & Safety – 10%
    3. Sustainability & Social Value – 15%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Apr 2025, 13:30 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 29 Aug 2025
Authority reference
Project_42437
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013966
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Ground investigation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ffa8 Find a Tender
How it runs

This is a multi-stage tender procedure – PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) followed by a Tender (ITT) stage.

There will be a PSQ for all participants and a minimum of 3 participants will be invited to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage. Tenderers who are invited to the ITT stage will have their bid evaluated using a 60% Technical, 40% Commercial criteria. The highest scoring Tenderer will be awarded the contract.

All Participants are required to review all tender documents for full details.

For this tender, RISQS (Railway Industry Standards Qualification Scheme) accreditation under code C.C.3.1.2.5 Earthworks will be required at point of award but is not necessary to participate in the tender process.

The current award date is 31st August 2025 - if the successful bidder is not accredited under the code mentioned above by this date, they will be disqualified and the tender will be awarded to the next highest scoring compliant bid.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Requests to participate (first stage)
20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission deadline
20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
13 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

9 Apr 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 13:30 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    13 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Latest notice published379 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
  6. Contract starts361 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 13:30 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 12:54 BST
    UK4
  3. Procurement termination notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
    UK12
  4. Status changed to cancelled
    16 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
Published amendments (1)

Updated to provide clarity on Tender process and descriptions.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—16 Oct 2025CancelledFollowing a review of our current commercial approach, we have decided not to proceed further with this procurement exercise.

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 name, email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specificationstenderBidding documents and specificationsAccess: All tender documentation is available on Bravo NR under Project_42736.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender