Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-11-29
Buyer: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 45213320 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71332000
Estimated value: 250000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Network Rail’s new civils examination framework agreement contract is aimed at improving compliance (quality and delivery) and safety via supplier led technology innovations and increased NR attractiveness (with rewards for: innovation, utilisation of fewer possessions, added value to Network Rail, and improved relationships).
Delivery of examinations will need to meet or exceed the safety, technical, quality and timescale requirements, enabling Network Rail to carry out effective holistic asset management decision making.
— gathering defect data in a structured form and delivered through an intuitive open source deliverable,
Network Rail are looking to understand the alternatives open to achieve these aims through innovations and risk sharing into the end to end process of examination of Network Rail’s assets. The intent is to incentivise innovative examination methods that deliver compliance whilst reducing risk through collaboration with its supplier(s) and their industry partners.
In summary to deliver the requirement Network Rail will run effectively 2 separate but linked procurement processes:
(i) to ensure that the required contracts to deliver civils examinations are in place in good time we will run a multi-tender process utilising the relevant RISQS codes. The supply market is well known and there are sufficient contractors listed on RISQS so there will be a search conducted against the relevant codes prior to the standard negotiated procedure being followed. The overarching structure of this process will be defined and designed with a view to letting up to 3 contracts per region or Route, as required for each of the technical areas (other than Scotland who wish to contract with one supplier for the whole requirement);
(ii) following this process when contractors are in place we will conduct a second ITT process, advertise the Innovation requirements in the OJEU and run a PQQ to ensure the potential contractors are both commercially sound and abide by the relevant legislation, we will then run the ITT utilising competitive dialogue as a process assist us to develop innovative ways to deliver this requirement and to develop and grow the market.
Network Rail’s new civils examination framework agreement contract is aimed at improving compliance (quality and delivery) and safety via supplier led technology innovations and increased NR attractiveness (with rewards for: innovation, utilisation of fewer possessions, added value to Network Rail, and improved relationships).
Delivery of examinations will need to meet or exceed the safety, technical, quality and timescale requirements, enabling Network Rail to carry out effective holistic asset management decision making.
— gathering defect data in a structured form and delivered through an intuitive open source deliverable,
Network Rail are looking to understand the alternatives open to achieve these aims through innovations and risk sharing into the end to end process of examination of Network Rail’s assets. The intent is to incentivise innovative examination methods that deliver compliance whilst reducing risk through collaboration with its supplier(s) and their industry partners.
In summary to deliver the requirement Network Rail will run effectively two separate but linked procurement processes:
(i) to ensure that the required contracts to deliver civils examinations are in place in good time we will run a multi-tender process utilising the relevant RISQS codes. The supply market is well known and there are sufficient contractors listed on RISQS so there will be a search conducted against the relevant codes prior to the standard negotiated procedure being followed. The overarching structure of this process will be defined and designed with a view to letting up to 3 contracts per region or route, as required for each of the technical areas (other than Scotland who wish to contract with one supplier for the whole requirement);
(ii) following this process when contractors are in place we will conduct a second ITT process, advertise the Innovation requirements in the OJEU and run a PQQ to ensure the potential contractors are both commercially sound and abide by the relevant legislation, we will then run the ITT utilising competitive dialogue as a process assist us to develop innovative ways to deliver this requirement and to develop and grow the market.


Award value: 250000000