--- title: "Delivery of Mining Training Courses" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-056164" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-056164" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056164.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056164.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED" published: "2025-07-17" --- # Delivery of Mining Training Courses Buyer: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056164 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-056164) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056164.json) ## Summary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is in its planning phase for the delivery of Mining Training Courses, an initiative designed to assess supplier capabilities within the education and training services sector. This procurement is set within the UK, specifically managed from Network Rail's Waterloo office in London. The process is currently at the stage of engaging the market to gauge interest and capacity, with a questionnaire deadline set for 31st July 2025. The procurement's primary focus is on understanding potential suppliers' capabilities to provide qualified trainers for newly developed courses, with the subsequent tender process information anticipated by 1st October 2025. This is part of a larger scheme, with the contract period expected to run from December 2026 to December 2028. The delivery of mining training courses presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in education and training services, particularly those with skilled and experienced instructors in mining. Network Rail's invitation for market engagement offers SMEs a valuable opportunity to showcase their expertise and potentially secure a role in delivering these high-value services, with an indicative budget of up to £6 million. Businesses with a robust background in providing vocational training or those looking to expand into this field could find this procurement aligns well with their strategic goals. As such, proactive engagement during this planning phase could position companies favourably for when the tender progresses to the next stage. ## Notice NR Training are seeking to understand suppliers' interest and capability, with the supply chain, to provide competent, qualified and trained instructors to deliver newly developed Mining Training Courses. Trainer qualifications and experience would be required and is specified for each course and training requirements as per the Trainer Profile and NR/L2/CTM/202 (6.2.1 - Training competence of trainers) ### Planning Information Network Rail is using this market engagement to better understand the capability and assess the level of interest to deliver the current proposed approach. This feedback will help inform Network Rail how best to deliver this potential procurement event. For the sake of clarity, this is not a call to competition and no contract(s) will be awarded to any supplier as a result of participating in this exercise. The Market Engagement for the 'Delviery of Mining Training Courses' will be conducted through the completion of a questionnaire. This questionnaire deadline is 4pm Thursday 31st July 2025. Responding to this Notice is an opportunity to engage, share relevant information and provide feedback. Should you wish to respond to this Notice please follow the instructions below: 1) Accessing the documents: a. Follow the link: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html b. From the welcome screen, access the “Current Opportunities” link and select “Delivery of Mining Training Courses”. Login is not required. c. The released documents will be at the bottom of the page in the attachments section. 2) Once you have reviewed all the documents, please complete the questionnaire via the link provided within the market engagement document titled Delivery of Mining Training Courses - Market Engagement. Please ensure you follow these instructions carefully to submit your information correctly. 3) Any feedback, questions or clarifications in respect of this notice, should only be addressed to clare.ward@networkrail.co.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041002-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Jul 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Dec 2026 - 1 Dec 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £5,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | 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 - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 17 Jul 2025 at 13:51 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041002-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041002-2025 17th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.networkrail.co.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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