Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Thunderbird Incident Response Locomotive Service
Notice Description
Provision of a Thunderbird Incident Response Locomotive Service for Network Rail's Eastern Region to be based at Newark Northgate Sidings.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for a further 3 years
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0559a1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006268-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50220000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £8,920,562 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £8,920,562 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 8 Jan 2026 - 8 Jan 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-01-10
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Tom Gray
- Contact Email
- tom.gray3@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/006268-2026
23rd January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072173-2025
7th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037651-2025
7th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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