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
- £718,082,359.54
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Rails (CPV 34946110)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 038923-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jun 2025
- Published10 Jul 2025Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
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.
About the supplier
British Steel Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12303256).