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Ultrasonic Rail Testing Sticks

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 04:43.

Opportunity overview

Network Rail (Wales & Western) intends to award a contract via direct award under the Procurement Act (2023) to TrackSYS Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Limited to replace and upgrade the existing fleet of Ultrasonic Testing Sticks. Network Rail uses Ultrasonic Rail Testing Sticks, also known as Pedestrian Rail Detection Systems, to detect internal flaws in rail infrastructure. These devices are critical to the broader non-destructive testing (NDT) strategy aimed at maintaining rail safety and reliability. Due to the specific standards required for non-destructive testing, and the current fleet of products entering an End-of-Life phase, Product Acceptance was achieved on the TrackSYS UT Lite Pedestrian Ultrasonic Rail Tester in collaboration with TrackSYS NDT Ltd and Network Rail's Technical Authority. Not proceeding with this procurement could put the Network Rail Wales Route at significant risk of not being able to equip inspection teams with functioning, compliant equipment.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

TrackSYS Non Destructive Testing Limited

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£1.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
14 Nov 2025
Including VAT
£1.9m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PQRL-5517-XBBN
Location
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, UKG24, ST50TX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
Project_43839
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
To meet regulatory standards, Network Rail requires Product Acceptance through out Technical Authority to utilise products of this nature. This is a lengthy, collaborative process, the result of which being that TRACKSYS had the most effective product. Schedule 5, Paragraph 5: "The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract - (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services, or works required; and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services, works." Schedule 5, Paragraph 6: "The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract - (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required; and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works."

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Special regime

utilities

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNZN-9524-VCQJ

Address

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

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
TrackSYS Non Destructive Testing Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PQRL-5517-XBBN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQRL-5517-XBBN

Address

Street Address
Croft Court, Croft Road
Locality
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Postal Code
ST50TX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG24

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
38500000
Description
Checking and testing apparatus

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PQRL-5517-XBBN
Name
TrackSYS Non Destructive Testing Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Ultrasonic Rail Testing Stick Replacement
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
14 Nov 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Mar 2029, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Extension of 1 years dependant on the maintenance and servicing needs.

Options

Description
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. There is an additional innovative piece of equipment that could further improve the effectiveness of the products. Whether this option will be utilised is dependent on a number of unknown factors. This additional product has also been designed in collaboration with Network Rail's Technical Authority.

Value

Including VAT
1,856,400
Amount
1,547,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
005290-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
21 Jan 2026, 13:25
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 005290-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·