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title: "Wales & Western - Civils Examination Services (Structures)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05506c"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED"
published: "2025-06-19"
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# Wales & Western - Civils Examination Services (Structures)

Buyer: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05506c

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## Summary

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is planning a procurement process for civils examination services related to structural asset management in the Wales & Western region. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with a tender titled "Wales & Western - Civils Examination Services (Structures)" and is classified under building surveying services, industry category code CPV 71315300. The location of this procurement is London, United Kingdom, and it is expected to commence on 1st July 2026, concluding by 30th June 2031. Key details include a planned total procurement value amounting to £136 million (gross £163.2 million), and an upcoming notice expected by the 25th June 2025. Network Rail, a central government public authority, is overseeing the process, offering substantial contract opportunities within utilities services.

This tender provides significant opportunities for growth, especially for businesses adept in building surveying and those involved in asset management services. Enterprises such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are considered suitable to compete for this government contract, fostering a competitive environment. Participating in such a substantial and extended contract with Network Rail could lead to further opportunities within the public sector infrastructure services and support long-term business expansion in the field of civil engineering and asset management.

## Notice

Network Rail's Structures Asset Management Framework identifies the key threats to the structure asset portfolio. These threats have identified controls, one of which is the inspection of the asset. The Structures Examination Framework (CEFA) primary purpose is to; (1) Provide expertise at the asset to enable immediate safety risks to be understood and mitigated (2) Gather intelligence about how key defects are developing and changing with time (3) Provide Condition Marking information to allow asset deterioration to be modelled and wider portfolio issues to be managed. (4) Provide enough information on the condition of the asset such that when combined with information from NR's other risk control processes decisions can be made on the remaining fitness for purpose of the asset and appropriate interventions to mitigate risks to this fitness can be planned in an appropriate timeframe

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033874-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 25 Jun 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £136,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8SW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71315300 - Building surveying services

## Release History

- 19 Jun 2025 at 18:19 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033874-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033874-2025
  19th June 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.networkrail.co.uk/

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