Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- British Steel Limited
- Value
- £860,288,289.62
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Rails (CPV 34946110)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 018420-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2023
- Published28 Jun 2023Published 149 days after the contract date
Description
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. The minimum order quantity shall be one rail. Up to a Supplier-defined maximum volume, the Supplier shall fulfil standard (ie non-coated R260 grade) requirements within a 24 hour lead time. The Supplier shall fulfil coated rail and premium requirements within a 70-calendar day lead time. Goods shall be delivered onto Network Rail’s Rail Delivery Fleet. Network Rail shall commit a Minimum Volume Commitment of 250,000t Long Rail and additionally 50,000t Short Rail over the initial 5 year term of the Agreement. Supplier Premises - To secure the Minimum Volume Commitment from commencement of the Agreement, the Supplier shall be able to provide compliant, suitable premises in Great Britain to Weld Goods into 216m Long Rail and 182.88m Conductor Rail in the volumes described. The S…
About the supplier
British Steel Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12303256).