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Heaton RSS Feasibility

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:02.

Opportunity overview

In order to identify the optimum solution to address the issues identified at Heaton, a feasibility and option selection project is required. As Northern doesn't have in-house capabilities to complete this work, an external supplier will be procured to produce the following deliverables: • Survey strategy and reports from specific surveys. • Validate reports, previous work, and proposed changes against applicable rules and constraints • Risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies log. • Compliance with safety and design assurance requirements, Northern policies, and regulatory and industry rules and standards. • Overall feasibility report including constructability assessment and concept design. • Options identification report containing appraisal of possible options. • Single option agreement in principle - define the preferred single option for each scheme and obtain agreement in principle with stakeholders. • Preliminary design - multidisciplinary design of the selected single option. • Design specification of requirements for inclusion in the ITT pack for design stage. Upon completion of the feasibility and option selection work, the business case for each selected option will be reviewed. Options selected for progression will be setup as individual projects to commence the design and construction phases. These will be subject to their own individual internal governance and procurement processes. Please be advised we have chosen an above threshold tender to comply with our internal decision but the budget is below £355k for the project.

Classification

  • CPV71241000 — Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
  • CPV71311230 — Railway engineering services

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
ocds-h6vhtk-05f2f6
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
16 Jan 2026, 23:59

Special regime

utilities

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
3 Oct 2026, 23:59
Starts
3 Apr 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC22
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
71241000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Entry 2
Id
71311230
Scheme
CPV
Description
Railway engineering services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
081600-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
10 Dec 2025, 15:18

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
18 Dec 2025, 23:59
Description
A workshop will take place via teams on 18th December 2025 at 11:30am to engage with suppliers on the upcoming Heaton RSS Feasibility Tender scheduled to release on 16th January 2026. This workshop will give suppliers a brief overview of the scope, the timelines of the tender, budget, contract and how long the project is expected to run for. If you would like to attend the session please email the Project Manager and Procurement Manager and the Teams invite will be sent across to you. Please email: Oliver.Anderson@northernrailway.co.uk & Amber.darby-lunn@northernrailway.co.uk

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-03076444
Name
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE21
Country
GB
Locality
York
Postal Code
YO1 6JT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
George Stephenson House

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
03076444
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PZCJ-2164-HJQZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · York · UKE21 · YO1 6JT · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC22 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05f2f6-2025-12-10T15:18:21ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·