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Data Centre Infrastructure Service

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 03:38.

Opportunity overview

This project is for a single partner to provide data centre infrastructure services (DCIS). The scope of the contract covers services needed to support NRIL's data centre infrastructure hosted within data centres, LAN/Edge compute rooms and Cloud Platforms. It includes networks (LAN and WAN), platforms, mainframe, servers, specified applications including tools and services required to effectively operate the infrastructure.

Classification

  • CPV48800000 — Information systems and servers
  • CPV72222300 — Information technology services
  • CPV72223000 — Information technology requirements review services
  • CPV72267100 — Maintenance of information technology software

Lots

  • Lot 1£185.3m

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
Bravo Project Number 43571
Status
active
Published risks
1. Technology Risks • Data Centre Infrastructure: Risks of physical security breaches, unauthorised access, inadequate audit controls, and failure in onsite sparing or equipment management. • Mainframe & Platforms: Risks of service outages, backup failures, data loss, or insufficient monitoring and alerting. • Patch Management: Risks of delayed or failed patch deployment, vulnerabilities due to unpatched systems, and errors in automated/manual patching. • Technical Services: Risks of insufficiently certified technical resources, tooling failures, and lack of scalability or automation. 2. Network and Security Infrastructure Risks • DC Networks: Risks of network outages, poor interconnectivity, third-party coordination failures, and WAN/LAN service disruptions. • Perimeter Security: Risks of firewall misconfiguration, security breaches, and lack of certified network resources. 3. Application Support Risks • Enterprise Job Scheduler: Risks of workflow automation failures, impacting business process continuity. • Operational Support Systems: Risks of inadequate Tier 3 support, misconfiguration, or delayed updates. • Siebel Support: Risks of application downtime, data integrity issues, and multi-server coordination failures. 4. Service Management Risks • Availability & Capacity Management: Risks of poor performance, capacity shortfalls, and unidentified risks. • Compliance & Information Security: Risks of non-compliance with standards, security incidents, inadequate staff vetting, and failure in digital access control. • IT Service Continuity: Risks of ineffective disaster recovery/business continuity planning and testing. • Service Level Management: Risks of unmet service expectations and lack of service improvement. 5. Service Transition Risks • E-bonding & Change Management: Risks of failed data transfer, unauthorised changes, inadequate change management, and insufficiently skilled change teams. • Knowledge & Release Management: Risks of incomplete or inaccurate knowledge transfer, poor release planning, and failed service take-on. 6. Service Operation Risks • Event & Incident Management: Risks of poor event logging, delayed incident resolution, inadequate communication, and lack of accountability. • Problem & Request Fulfilment: Risks of unresolved problems, poor collaboration, and delayed service requests. • Third Party Management: Risks of SLA breaches, poor supplier coordination, and service continuity failures. 7. Continual Service Improvement Risks • Risks of ineffective CSI initiatives, lack of monitoring, and failure to implement recommendations. 8. Governance and Reporting Risks • Risks of inadequate governance frameworks, poor service reporting, and non-compliance in reporting. 9. Social Value Risks • Risks of failing to meet social value targets (jobs, skills, education), EDI requirements, SME engagement, ESG compliance, and sustainability obligations. 10. Delivery Risks • Project Services: Risks of project delays, poor quality assurance, non-compliance with processes, and inadequate risk/issue management. • Skilled Resources: Risks of insufficient architectural or enhancement resources, poor onboarding/offboarding, and lack of testing support. • Third Party Management: Risks of poor operational management and reporting. 11. Transition Risks • Risks of poor programme management, service readiness failures, inadequate knowledge transfer, asset/configuration management issues, and reduction in service performance during transition. 12. Transformation Risks • Risks of failing to identify or deliver efficiency improvements, poor collaboration, and strategy misalignment. 13. Exit Risks • Risks of inadequate exit planning, poor knowledge transfer, and disruption at contract end. 14. Optional Scope Risks • Risks of poor flexibility in service take-on, inability to scale for industry transformation, and failure to support public cloud or future integration needs. 15. Legal & Compliance Risks • Risks of non-compliance with contract management guidelines, failure to meet SLA/accountability requirements, lack of transparency in pricing, and inability to rapidly deploy certified security services. These are risks which the Authority considers could jeopardise the satisfactory performance of the contract, but because of their nature, may not be capable of being addressed in the contract as awarded (noting that this is a competitive flexible procedure and technical dialogue and commercial negotiation are anticipated). Accordingly, these are risks that may require a subsequent modification of the contract under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 of PA23.
Has Recurrence
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Expression Of Interest Deadline
10 Oct 2025, 16:00

Covered By

GPA
CPTPP

Procedure

Features
Competitive Flexible Procedure Description of stages: - PSQ Return Internal PSQ Evaluation Down selection of 5 suppliers Confidentiality Agreement execution with 5 shortlisted suppliers ITT Publication Clarification Sessions ITT Responses Close Internal ITT Evaluation Internal ITT Moderation ITT Supplier Presentations Negotiation Stage 1 Negotiation Stage 2 Best and Final Offers Award Stage

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
054063-2025
Description
PSQ Close Date, Payment Terms and Risks.
Entry 2
Id
054119-2025
Description
PSQ Close Date, Payment Terms and Risks.
Entry 3
Id
054644-2025
Description
PSQ Close Date Payment Terms and Risks Supported Employment Providers changed to 'No'

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
12 Oct 2026, 23:59

Expected award period

Ends
12 Oct 2026, 23:59

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Sept 2025, 23:59

Contract terms

Financial Terms
Payment Structure • Payments will be made periodically per Network Rail's Railway Period (every 4 weeks). Invoicing and Payment Timelines • Network Rail will pay valid, undisputed invoices within 28 days of receipt. • Supplier must flow down prompt payment terms (28 days) to its supply chain. Please refer to the Procurement Documents for full details.

Enquiry period

Ends
26 Sept 2025, 13:00

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation

shelteredWorkshop

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Options
Yes

Value

Amount
185,300,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
222,360,000

Options

Description
Optional Capex Projects and Great British Rail transition services.

Second Stage

Maximum Candidates
5
Minimum Candidates
2

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Technical
Type
quality
Description
The below Award Criteria shall be weighted against 65% overall Technical Weighting. Transition Delivery - 13% Service Operations & Governance - 40% Transformation & Optimisation - 15% Innovation - 5% Project Delivery - 10% Social Value - 17%

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
65
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Commercial
Type
price
Description
The below Award Criteria shall be weighted against 35% overall Commercial Weighting. Base charges, base catalogue charges, transition and exit charges - 57% Rate card - 11% Transformation & Project Delivery - 32%

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
35
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
10 Oct 2033, 23:59
Starts
9 Dec 2026, 00:00

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
Please refer to PSQ documentation and Appendices in the Bravo portal.
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
Please refer to PSQ documentation and Appendices in the Bravo portal.
Criterion 3
Description
Conditions of participation
For Reduction
Yes

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72222300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information technology services
Entry 2
Id
48800000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information systems and servers
Entry 3
Id
72267100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Maintenance of information technology software
Entry 4
Id
72223000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information technology requirements review services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
future
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Access Details
Publication of the PSQ shall be issued via Bravo. Web address is as follows: - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html Documents to be published using Bravo: - Instruction to Participants Appendix A - Procurement Terms and Conditions Appendix B - Conditions of Participation Criteria - PSQ Appendix C - Tender Criteria ITT Appendix D - Glossary Appendix E - Overview of Requirements Appendix Ea - Business Requirements Document Appendix Eb - Requirements Catalogue Appendix F - Confidentiality Agreement Appendix G - Terms and Conditions
Entry 2
Id
A-4243
Format
application/pdf
Description
UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 4
Id
053690-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
3 Sept 2025, 17:09
Entry 5
Id
053912-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
4 Sept 2025, 13:20
Entry 6
Id
054063-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
4 Sept 2025, 16:28
Entry 7
Id
054119-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
5 Sept 2025, 09:05
Entry 8
Id
054644-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
8 Sept 2025, 13:32

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
029240-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
2 Jun 2025, 15:41
Entry 2
Id
029253-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
2 Jun 2025, 15:55
Entry 3
Id
048332-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK3
Description
Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
13 Aug 2025, 11:26

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
16 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
Suppliers are required to complete the online survey within the UK2 Preliminary Pre Market Engagement document. Please refer to the updated oppotunity listing link in order to complete the survey: - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=58341

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ
Name
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI45
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8SW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Waterloo General Office

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PNZN-9524-VCQJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Sonia Diosee
Telephone
+447957726915

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8SW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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