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ESDD - High Output Surveys

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

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01 Oct 2026 at 08:42

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is developing a framework for survey services across its UK railway infrastructure. The work is intended to support railway development, maintenance, renewal and enhancement. Potential services include topographical, measured building, utility, ground-investigation support and rail-infrastructure surveys, as well as survey data capture and management, digital surveying and remote sensing, and related reporting and deliverables. The framework is expected to cover Network Rail’s infrastructure portfolio, with delivery across the United Kingdom. The scope is still being developed and is expected to be confirmed after market engagement. This is a surveying and data services requirement for suppliers able to work across railway assets and provide the relevant survey outputs.

The process is at planning and the buyer is conducting preliminary market engagement; there is no invitation to tender at this stage. Network Rail expects to procure a single-lot framework agreement, using a utilities procurement regime. The estimated value is £15 million. The anticipated contract period runs from 1 March 2027 to 1 March 2032, with a possible extension to 1 March 2034. The buyer expects to publish the next notice by 30 November 2026. For market engagement, interested suppliers are asked to email the procurement team to receive a questionnaire; the stated date for this engagement activity is 2 November 2026. The final scope will be informed by engagement. The lot is identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

This requirement may suit surveying firms, including SMEs, with the capacity to support work across a national railway infrastructure portfolio and a range of survey disciplines. Relevant experience could include topographical, measured building, utility, ground-investigation support or rail-infrastructure surveys, alongside survey data capture and management. Suppliers with digital survey and remote-sensing capabilities, and the ability to produce associated reports and deliverables, may also be well placed as the framework scope is developed. The buyer has described these as possible activities, not a final specification, so suppliers can use the planned engagement to explain their services and inform the eventual requirement. The framework’s long-term, multi-service scope may be relevant to providers able to deliver consistently across development, maintenance, renewal and enhancement work.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ESDD - High Output Surveys

Notice Description

Network Rail is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to a proposed High Output Surveys Framework. The proposed framework is intended to support the provision of survey services across Network Rail's infrastructure portfolio, supporting the development, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the railway. The requirement is currently under development and the final scope has not yet been determined. The framework is expected to support a range of survey activities that may include, but are not limited to: * Topographical surveys. * Measured building surveys. * Utility surveys. * Ground investigation support surveys. * Rail infrastructure surveys. * Survey data capture and management services. * Digital survey and remote sensing technologies. * Associated survey reporting and deliverables. The final scope will be confirmed following completion of market engagement activities.

Planning Information

If interested please email NRDDProcurement@networkrail.co.uk and we will send out a questionnaire for you to complete, also please contact this email if you have any further questions regarding this, thank you

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e2d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092624-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

71322100 - Quantity surveying services for civil engineering works

71351720 - Geophysical surveys of archaeological sites

71351811 - Topographical surveys of archaeological sites

79311000 - Survey services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Nov 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Mar 2027 - 1 Mar 2032 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

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