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Remote Condition Monitoring Platform

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

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Planning

01 Sep 2026 at 15:10

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is planning a remote condition monitoring platform for Britain’s railway infrastructure. The requirement is an examinations system application comprising software licences, support and minor configuration, classified under software packages and IT services (CPV 48000000). The platform, known as RADAR 3, is intended to modernise and consolidate the existing RADAR capability and support national-scale monitoring of railway assets. It will help move maintenance from manual inspections towards proactive intervention by monitoring asset health, condition and performance remotely. The expected scope includes IoT and industrial data platforms, asset condition monitoring, alarm management, data ingestion, real-time historian services, visualisation, event replay, analytics, GIS and enterprise asset-management integration, and open API access. Delivery is across the United Kingdom.

This is at the planning and preliminary market engagement stage, not an invitation to tender. Network Rail expects to run a future open-market exercise using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The market engagement response is expected by 17:00 GMT on 16 October 2026. The buyer’s indicative date for the next notice is 3 May 2027. The procurement is planned as one lot, with an anticipated contract period from 3 January 2028 to 31 January 2033. It is an above-threshold utilities procurement. The engagement seeks information on available platforms, software and managed services, including commercial models, implementation and operating approaches, support arrangements, cost drivers, migration and future interoperability. Responses will inform the procurement and will not constitute a bid.

This planning exercise is relevant to suppliers able to provide enterprise-scale remote condition monitoring, IoT, industrial data, asset-management or alarm-management platforms, together with associated software and managed services. Strong candidates are likely to demonstrate proven capability in large and complex operational environments, handling national-scale asset data and real-time monitoring. Useful areas of preparation include data ingestion, historian services, alerting, asset configuration, visualisation, event replay, analytics, GIS and enterprise asset-management integration, and open APIs. Suppliers should be ready to explain implementation, migration from legacy and parallel systems, operating and support models, scalability, resilience, innovation and interoperability with the future Great British Railways model. Platform providers, software developers, systems integrators, consultancies and managed-service specialists may all be relevant.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Remote Condition Monitoring Platform

Notice Description

Network Rail owns and runs Britain's rail infrastructure and is committed to providing a world-class network for train companies, freight operators and for passengers. Network Rail maintains, manages and improves every aspect of the infrastructure. Successfully planning and delivering maintenance, enhancements and renewals works to the infrastructure is the key to running a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. Network Rail is seeking information from the market to support the next evolution of its Remote Condition Monitoring capability, currently known as RADAR. Remote Condition Monitoring is a strategic asset-management capability that enables Network Rail to monitor the health, condition and performance of railway assets remotely, supporting a shift from manual, inspection-led maintenance towards proactive, insight-led intervention. The current RADAR capability has evolved over more than 25 years and is business critical, but the wider estate includes legacy and alternative systems operating in parallel, creating complexity, cost, integration and resilience challenges. The future platform, referred to as RADAR 3, is intended to consolidate and modernise this capability, support national-scale asset condition monitoring, and provide a foundation that can scale into the future Great British Railways operating model. This procurement will be undertaken as an open market exercise using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), with the objective of procuring an Examinations system application comprising licences, support, and minor configuration. The purpose of this PME is to engage with the supply base and request information relating to platform, software and managed service capabilities available in the market for large-scale, enterprise Remote Condition Monitoring. Specifically, this RFI will look to address the following areas: * Identify existing large-scale IoT, industrial data, asset condition monitoring and alarm management platforms available in the market * Understand the functional and technical capabilities available for data ingestion, real-time historian services, alarm and alert management, asset configuration, visualisation, event replay, analytics, GIS/EAM integration and open API access * Identify indicative commercial models, implementation approaches, operating models, support arrangements and cost drivers for candidate solutions * Identify additional capabilities, delivery considerations, migration approaches and innovation opportunities that Network Rail may not yet have considered, including future Great British Railways interoperability requirements Please note that any content received via response to this RFI will be used purely for information purposes only and will not be deemed as forming part of any proposed bid now, or any potential future tender.

Planning Information

Should you wish to respond to this PME please complete the attached document titled “IoT and Remote Condition Monitoring - RFI Submission Template v1” document, this can be accessed via the link and instructions below. 1. Follow the link - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html 2. From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “IoT and Remote Condition Monitoring - RFI Submission Template v1". 3. Click on the attachment – “IoT and Remote Condition Monitoring - RFI Submission Template v1” document. 4. Ensure the following documents are reviewed in responding to this PME: a. RCM Platform Scope of Services 08-2026 b. Remote Condition Monitoring Strategy Digital Strategy (Short-Form) 1.0 (1) c. IoT and Remote Condition Monitoring - RFI Submission Template v1 d. This PME document Once completed please send your submission document via email as attachment to brent.murgatroyd@networkrail.co.uk with the email subject "Eastern Region Examination System Application”. The response deadline for this PIN is the 17:00pm GMT, 16/10/26.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efbb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082760-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48422000 - Software package suites

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 May 20279 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
3 Jan 2028 - 31 Jan 2033 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 8SW
Postcode Area
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

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