Contract award · 28 Jan 2025

Operate and Maintain Plain Line Grinders and Miller

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd awarded “Operate and Maintain Plain Line Grinders and Miller” to Colas Rail Limited for £318m on 28 Jan 2025.

Repair & maintenanceLondon

Value £318m

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · Body governed by public law
Value
£317,769,731
Procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Sector
Repair & maintenance · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment (CPV 50220000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date28 Jan 2025
  2. Published28 Jan 2025Published the same day

Description

Network Rail shall provide six items of Plant (C2102, C2103, C4401, C4402, C4403, SF-06) to the Supplier who will assume responsibility for the items of Plant for the Term of the Agreement and who will make sure the items of Plant deliver the Services. The term of the agreement is 5 years from 1 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 3 periods of 1 year. In addition, the Supplier shall also be required to supply, operate and maintain a corrective rail head remediation service (a turnkey service). The Supplier shall be required to apply all aspects of this Agreement apart from where such obligation is not applicable for a turnkey service.

About the supplier

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19 Feb 2026 SW Global Resourcing Limited SME £11.9m
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27 Jan 2026 NRL Limited £35.6m
27 Jan 2026 Colas Rail Limited £84.9m
27 Jan 2026 VolkerRail Specialist Businesses Limited £12.4m
18 Nov 2025 Cleshar Contract Services Limited £67.6m
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