Notice Information
Notice Title
W&W Earthworks Examinations CP7 Year 2
Notice 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: To be confirmed
Renewal: Time extension permitted to complete full work-bank if required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ffa8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065920-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71351500 - Ground investigation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 3 Nov 2025 - 9 Nov 2026 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Rhiah McLean
- Contact Email
- rhiah.mclean@networkrail.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 8SW
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065920-2025
16th October 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014587-2025
11th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013966-2025
9th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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