Supply of Long and Short Rail and Ancillary Services

Location

Lincolnshire

Description

Award of the Supply of Steel Rail and ancillary services to Network Rail (NR) for a period of up to 8 years. The scope for supply of steel rail within this notice includes the potential to include all of Network Rail and its subsidiaries, including but not limited to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd and Network Rail High Speed and also to those organisations covered by our external business framework including Transport for Wales and as an occasional joint procurement with HS2 Ltd.

Total Quantity or Scope

Network Rail has appointed 1 Supplier. Long Rail/Short Rail Package. The Supplier shall provide 108m/216m rail in 56E1 and 60E2 profiles and in both R260 grade and Premium grades. The Supplier shall provide the above with corrosion resistant coating when requested by Network Rail.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Option 1: Green Steel Option 2: Closed Circular Economy

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 34946000 - Railway-track construction materials and supplies
• 34946110 - Rails
• 45262680 - Welding
• 76300000 - Drilling services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

The basis of the direct award to British Steel is Regulation 50(1)(c)(ii) UCR2016 on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons. Network Rail has undertook market engagement which has confirmed there is no other supplier with a long-rail welding facility in Great Britain or who has indicated that they would be prepared to construct one at present or in the foreseeable future. Network Rail has held an openly advertised competition for certain steel products including volumes of steel rail where the market engagement has indicated that access to NR's own welding facility is such that there is likely to be at least a degree of competition; this assumption was proved to be correct.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** … Network Rail reserves the right to flex volume commitments and related advertised value ranges between lots covered by this notice and the Award Notice for Lots 2-6 in the circumstance described in the documentation at Schedule 11 Financial Difficulties.