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DfTc - Department for Transport

THRE0073 Market Application Readiness for European Train Control System (ETCS) for Network Rail

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000 71300000 71350000 71356000 72000000 72200000
Value£3.0m
Awarded26 Jan 2026
Published9 Jun 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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£3.0mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£3.2m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Provision of specialist technical and commercial advice to support Network Rails oversight of the Industry Partnership Digital Railway (IPDR) programme.

Network Rail requires the support of technical advisors who are highly capable, with the knowledge and ability to provide additional 'engine room' support to help them manage queries and clarifications on the national European Train Control System (ETCS) requirements, and to process the large number of existing clarifications and requirements refinement.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Provision of specialist technical and commercial advice

Provision of specialist technical and commercial advice to support Network Rails oversight of the Industry Partnership Digital Railway (IPDR) programme.

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