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NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice RDF
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £130,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 30 Jul 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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Network Rail's existing fleet of Rail Delivery Trains (RDTs) and Long-Welded Rail Trains (LWRTs) is approaching the point at which replacement options must be considered.
Network Rail currently anticipates a future requirement for:
• A fleet of approximately 8-11 trains.
• A locomotive-hauled solution capable of both rail delivery and rail recovery activities.
• A solution capable of carrying a minimum of 24 rails per train.
• Remote operation of rail handling equipment to minimise manual intervention and improve operational safety.
Engagement undertaken with the market to date has identified several opportunities for consideration as part of the sourcing strategy and technical requirements, including separate procurement of wagons and material handling equipment (MHE), and the development of a modular design making use of intermodal wagons. Network Rail requires market feedback to determine whether these opportunities should be established as requirements within the sourcing activity.
Market feedback is therefore sought to help Network Rail understand the implications of adopting these requirements, including:
• Impact on market appetite
• Impact on design and delivery risks and timescales
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 34621000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 30 Jul 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 30 July 2026.
Release 072336-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d7fd
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Thu 6 Aug 2026, 08:12 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:06 BST
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