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This pre-tender market engagement initiative has been published to assess levels of market interest with respect to the operation and maintenance of Network Rail's fleet of seasonal treatment trains.

Network Rail (NR) is looking to procure a partner to manage maintain and sell its roadside advertising assets. This supports the aims of NR to deliver vital revenue to be reinvested into the operational railway. This opportunity will generate sustainable income from the estate for investment in the rail infrastructure. Network Rail wishes to engage with Suppliers on this opportunity prior to going out to tender. Network Rail is looking for a Supplier will be responsible for the full end-to-end service from sales and strategy to the operation and maintenance of all roadside advertising assets. Network Rail will hold a Supplier Day in London on the 17th of October 2022 where Suppliers will learn more about this opportunity. Please find details of how to register in the RFI document entitled Roadside Space RFI September 2022. This can be found under "view Current Opportunities" on our eSourcing Portal Bravo https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

The purpose of this PIN is to engage with the supply base relevant to the upgrading of the Building Management System (BMS) at Network Rail’s Quadrant office building in Milton Keynes to understand the offerings currently available in the market to further Network Rail’s understanding of the sector. Network Rail is looking to commence a project in the third quarter of the calendar year 2022 to upgrade the BMS at it’s 37,000 square metre Quadrant MK office building with the work consisting of upgrading the existing Trend software, upgrading the software/hardware interface and the building’s hardware to ensure compatibility with the upgraded software. This PIN aims to inform Network Rail of current market capability and it’s understanding of what scope of services will provide an optimal solution for the upgrade. Responding to this PIN To assist Network Rail in the process, please email PIN.Response@networkrail.co.uk by Wednesday 10th August 2022 to express your interest, outlining the services you can offer in respect of this project (maximum of 250 words), titling your email ‘Network Rail Quadrant BMS PIN’. Network Rail may request further engagement with suppliers who respond to this PIN, where additional information or clarifications would help provide further insight to the response already provided. All information requested in this PIN will remain confidential and will not be disclosed to any third parties.

This soft market testing questionnaire has been developed by Network Rail (NR) in advance of procuring a solution for the provision of Training, both for “off the shelf” and “bespoke to NR” training courses. The purpose of this soft market testing is to gain an understanding of the markets appropriate inflation indices and understand why the index is appropriate. This is not a call form competition, nor does it constitute the invitation to tender opportunity or otherwise.

Following devolution, 14 routes were created which are supported by five Network Rail regions – Eastern, North West & Central, Scotland, Southern and Wales & Western. Southern region has specifically commenced a programme of works that aims to deliver significant benefits in performance, safety, customer satisfaction and reducing costs in operations within Network Rail. One of the key aims within this programme of works is to deploy a new incident management system (IMS) in order to improve the incident management process across the control centres. Our aim is to standardise the incident management process across our control centres, to reduce the time we spent logging incidents and to improve how we handle incidents.Incident management is a critical and strategic part of the overall disruption management activity. Existing incident management systems and processes have been in place for many years and do not assist Incident Controllers (ICs) to managing incidents efficiently and effectively. The current process for incident management is spread across several disparate application systems involving different business processes across each of the routes. The aim of a future IMS project would be to deploy a new solution to the 3 routes within Southern region to resolve these issues, and provide several improvements in the incident management handling process. In the case where a future IMS system was well received into Southern region, the vision is for a single, integrated, national system, with harmonised business processes across all routes. Strategically, it is envisioned a solution would be further integrated into and with the wider rail community (TOCs, FOCs, etc.) providing a holistic incident management process. Network Rail would like to invite prospective suppliers to submit a Request for Information (RFI) Submission Template, which addresses this challenge statement. Network Rail would like to understand indicative costs for deployment of an IMS deployment to: • Southern region (comprising of 3 routes) • National roll out (comprising a further 10 routes) Network Rail reserves the rights to hold discussions with Suppliers, following a response to this RFI.

Network Rail is intending to put in place a number of frameworks for Control Period 7 (CP7) for the delivery of capital works in the North West & Central Region. These frameworks are divided into categories and will be subject to procurement exercises in phases. This PIN notice relates to Phase 2. Before the launch of the CP7 procurement exercise for Phase 2, Network Rail wishes to engage with organisations that may be interested in participating in the forthcoming procurement exercise to explain the opportunity and detail of the procurement event. Network Rail is therefore holding a CP7 North West & Central Region Frameworks (Phase 2) Launch Event and the purpose of this notice is to invite interested parties to attend. CP7 covers the 5 year period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2029. The North West & Central Region is formed of 3 routes, North West, Central and West Coast South. Additional information on the region (including the geographical areas covered by these 3 routes) can be found at: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-regions/north-west-and-central/ This exact time and date for this event is being finalised, it will be held online. It is anticipated to be Thursday 30th March 2023. Please register your interest via the below Eventbrite link by 14:00 (GMT) on 24th March 2023, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cp7-phase-2-market-update-network-rail-north-west-central-tickets-580456901217. Those registering will then be kept informed and updated once the time and date for the event is finalised. The event relates to the frameworks as set out in section II. 2.4 below comprising of “Framework Category A – Large Projects”. The procurement event for Phase 1 (Framework Categories B,C & D) is currently being undertaken – Contract Notice References 2022/S 000-016352, 2022/S 000-016533, 2022/S 000-016354. All estimated values included in this notice are indicative and may be subject to change prior to the procurement exercise. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NOTICE IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION. Non-participation in the event shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurements. Network Rail is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this Launch Event. Network Rail cannot guarantee that it will incorporate all or any feedback received at the event into any subsequent procurement event or that Network Rail will proceed with one or more procurement events. Launch event material and any relevant Q&A will be made available as part of the forthcoming procurement event documentation.

This briefing is to share high-level, indicative plans for procurement events within Eastern Region, focusing primarily on expectations for works contracts and wider strategic principles. The briefing will be virtual (TEAMS) and will be held on 8th March at 2pm for approx. 45mins. Any information is strictly subject to internal and external funding and governance processes. This is not a call for competition and there is no stated value.

The Network Rail Air Operations team sit within Route Services, the central Network Rail business function, and is looking to retender its current aerial derived data repository system. This should accommodate the increased growth in image capture and quality while removing the reliance on hardware specific (e.g. helicopter vs drone) data image accuracy. The requirement is to provide a system which can deliver the capabilities and functionalities, specified in the Request for Information Aerial Derived Data Repository Requirements Document, and support and maintain this as BAU. The system is currently cloud-based, stores approximately 1.7 million images and has around 17,000 users.

The purpose of this pre-tender market engagement exercise is to consult with the market to determine levels of interest in a possible requirement for 27 multi-modal rail wagons for the provision of Network Rail's seasonal treatment services.

This soft market testing document and questionnaire has been developed by Network Rail (NR) in advance of procuring a solution for the provision of Candidate Management Services. NR wishes to incentivise the market to engage with the opportunity and contribute innovation, experience and delivery capability to the delivery of these courses. In line with NR’s procurement principles, NR is committed to becoming an ‘informed’ client with excellent visibility and understanding of the market and the supply chains and customers operating within them. At this stage, pre-procurement, NR are committed to engaging with the industry to inform and refine the overall sourcing strategy. The purpose of this soft market testing is to: • Understand the markets capacity and capability to deliver Candidate Management Services • Provide potential suppliers the opportunity to give feedback to help inform the refinement of NR’s approach, • Obtain information from the market to understand the market perspective, The responses to this Questionnaire will be synthesised to identify key market themes, to be shared internally with key stakeholders, to both further inform the sourcing strategy and subsequent procurement process should it be commenced. This soft market testing is not itself a Call for Competition under any EU procurement process (whether pursuant to the Public Contracts regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, or otherwise). NR does not commit itself to commencing any such sourcing process.

Network Rail (NR) operates, maintains and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure. NR is one of the UK’s largest purchasers of electricity, currently purchasing c. 4.4 TWh per annum (traction 3.95 TWh and non-traction 0.45 TWh). His Majesty’s Government (HMG) has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. As a government owned enterprise, NR has committed to support achieving this objective including a target to fully decarbonise its non-traction consumption by 2030. NR wishes to engage with the potential renewable energy developers to build a portfolio of rooftop (on-site) solar PVs across Scotland’s Railway. The developer will be expected to survey, fund, construct, own, operate and maintain the solar PVs on the selected rooftops. NR will grant leases to the developer for the respective sites and will purchase the renewable electricity produced via power purchase agreements for the useful life of the solar PVs (expected to be c. 25 years). The developer will be granted and exclusive development term subject to achieving agreed milestones. NR would like potential developers to contact through the NR Bravo portal to provide input to NR's plans as part of the preparations for a procurement which is expected to launch in the April 2023. This market engagement exercise is expected to end on 8 March 2023.

Network Rail operates, maintains and develops Britain's rail tracks, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings and many key stations. As a result, Network Rail is one of the largest purchasers of electricity in the United Kingdom with a total consumption of c.4.5 TWh per annum (traction 4.1 TWh and non-traction 0.45 TWh). His Majesty's Government has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Network Rail has committed to support this objective and move our electricity supply to renewable energy. Network Rail would like to explore opportunities for the direct supply of renewable power ‘behind the meter’, with the renewable energy generators, and with a direct connection to Network Rail’s infrastructure. To support this objective, Network Rail is seeking expressions of interest from capable suppliers to begin the design process to enable renewable power to be fed directly into the Network Rail traction system. Consumption types are DC or single-phase AC power for traction purposes. Network Rail is seeking a development partner that can demonstrate the technical expertise and possess the financial resources to design and deliver connectivity interface to railway traction system. Interested parties should email nikki.hunter@networkrail.co.uk to express an interest.

We would like to implement within stations a contractor who can provide assurance for our security testing regimes. This includes assessing the stations response to unattended items (suspicious), unattended items (non-suspicious), suspicious behaviours and penetration testing.

Description - Network Rail is looking to gain a better understanding of the market ability to support us in the delivery of our National Weather Forecasting Service. Our intention is to appoint a supplier that can support with the future design development and delivery of the programme from the middle of 2023 to the end of the programme in 2027. Network Rail is undertaking preliminary market engagement regarding this requirement in the form of this PIN and an associated questionnaire. This PIN is issued solely for the purposes of preliminary market and is not a call for competition. Any competition will be advertised at a later date via a separate notice. 

Network Rail operates, maintains and develops Britain's rail tracks, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings and many key stations. As a result, Network Rail is one of the largest purchasers of electricity in the United Kingdom with a total consumption of c.4.5 TWh per annum (traction 4.1 TWh and non-traction 0.45 TWh). Her Majesty's Government has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Network Rail as a government-owned enterprise is committed to support the achievement of this objective. To support the achievement of this objective, Network Rail is initially seeking to procure between 0.5 and 1 TWh per annum of renewable electricity through a physical (corporate) PPA. Network Rail is willing to consider tenors of up to 25 years, and this could be supplied by one or more counterparties, from one or more assets, with delivery of power from in 2026. A tender is expected to launch in early 2023, with a contract value of up to £1.25bn.

Network Rail have an issue with the time it takes to obtain and handback a possession on the railway. Network Rail would like to begin trialling a tool from February 2023 of an access planning tool and we are inviting suppliers who have an off the shelf solution available to make contact. This notice is being published to gauge the level of interest within the market to provide this service to Network Rail. Anyone who is interested in providing this service is to notify Network Rail at the email address stated in I.1 of this notice by the 02nd of December 2022 and provide a high-level overview of your product available.

NR are informing bidders of our intension to form a framework for Eastern Region Assest Protection Team. NR Eastern Region Assest Protection Team support outside parties completing work alongside NR infrastructure and 3rd parties investing in NR infrastructure. Facilitating smooth, efficient project delivery whilst ensuring there is no impact on the safe and reliable operation of the railway now or in the future. NR will be procuring a framework of suppliers for Lot 1 - Project Management, sponsorship and Commercial Lot 2 - Engineering Lot 3 - Construction & Planning The procurement process will be carried out on NR procurement portal and will start in December 2022. Bidders will be required to register on https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk if not already registered Bidders who would like to take part in the process MUST be registered on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS) with the following codes for the lot(s) they are bidding for: Lot 1 H.K.8 Project Management, H.K.8.2 Programme Management, H.K.3 Commercial Services, K.K.3.3 Post Contract Commercial Management Lots 2 B.C.4 Signalling Design and Consultancy, B.C.4.1 Signalling Consultancy, C.C.3.3 Civil Engineering Design and Consultancy, C.C.3.3.1 Civil Engineering Consultancy, C.E Infrastructure Consultancy and Design, C.E.1 Track Consultancy, F.C.6 Electrification Design and Consultancy, F.C.6.1 Electrification Consultancy, H.E.5 Telecoms Consultancy and Design, H.E.5.2 Telecoms Technical Evaluation, H.E.5.3 Telecoms Consultancy, H.L.2 Building, H.L.2.1 Building Consultancy. Lot3 A.A.1 Contingent Workforce, A.A.1.6 Temporary Labour (Civils), A.A.1.7 Temporary Labour (Building Works), C.C.3.3 Civil Engineering Design and Consultancy. C.C.3.4.2.7 Safe Systems of Work Planning, H.H Health and Safety Services and Supplies, H.H.9 Construction Safety Consultancy, H.K.8 Project Management, H.K.8.1 Clerk of Works. NR will invite interested parties to attend a presentation and Q and A session via teams on Wednesday 14th December 2022 at 11.00. Organisations who are interested in attending the teams session should contact paul.norman2@networkrail.co.uk to register their interest.

Network Rail is undertaking preliminary market engagement regarding this requirement to gain a better understanding of the market to provide drug and alcohol testing services as detailed in the Request for Information questionnaire. If you are interested in this opportunity, and wish to obtain the Request for Information (RFI), relating to this potential opportunity, please email: Mark.Edwards6@networkrail.co.uk and entitle your E-Mail: ‘Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing at Network Rail Sites – PIN’, with the following information: • Company Name; • Key contact details – telephone number and E-Mail address The deadline for receipt of RFI responses from prospective supplier us 15:00 on Friday 18th November 2022. Please note that this PIN is solely for the purposes of preliminary market engagement, and is NOT a call for competition. In the event Network Rail decides to enter into a competitive tender, this shall be formally notified to the supplier market at a later date, and via a separate notice.

The scope of works is for the purchase and warranty of Pipeline Surveying Equipment within the Works Delivery team in NW&C route. This may be required by both our Maintenance and Works Delivery functions.