Pre-tender

#46323 - Wagon modules for long switches - PME

Details

Value
£1,039,224
Topic
Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
Published
5 November 2026
Submission
20 November 2026in 1 week

Tender description

This is a pre-market engagement exercise for the procurement of wagon modules for long switches. Network Rail has a requirement for interchangeable Wagon Modules for the transport of switches. This procurement will include the design and build of interchangeable modules for the existing 4x WASCOSA FEA-W Wagons to carry switches (from 25m to 75 metres (‘G’ to ‘J’ size)). FEA-W Wagons are container flat wagons that carry a variety of infrastructure materials using interchangeable modules and have been manufactured by WASCOSA. The base wagons themselves will not be modified. The interchangeable modules are used for different purposes for carrying like – track panels and sleepers; carrying switches; and for carrying rail.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published5 November 2026
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About the buyer

Network Rail runs a safe, efficient railway, and buys as a central public body split between a national Route Services team and its regional routes. Network Rail's latest spend reporting covers Control Period 7, the 2024-25 financial year.

Safety-critical work needs audited status on RISQS, the rail industry's supplier qualification scheme, before Network Rail contracts directly.

Over the past 5 years, most of Network Rail's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and construction work.

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