Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bb6-b817-7174-8c06-6fe52d19a721/managed-services-framework [Skip to main content](#main-content) pendingGBopen procedureSuitable for SMEs # Managed Services Framework [Network Rail Infrastructure Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited) Estimated value £115,000,000 Published 26 Mar 2025 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender Network Rail's Technical Authority (TA) is a centre of expertise, accountable for setting technical guidance for Network Rail and the railway system. Technical Authority cover safety, health and wellbeing, environment and sustainability, security, engineering, technology, capability, compliance, and incident investigations. Technical Authority are building an expanding portfolio of practical solutions to support regions, from modernising the way Network Rail manage the railway through safer ways of working, to managing the railway in an increasingly uncertain and changing world including managing the impact of climate change and extreme weather on our network and operating under terror threats. Technical Authority carry out these activities whilst engaging with external bodies from the ORR to the international railway community, to learn and improve. The Requirement: Network Rail's Technical Authority has a requirement for a zero value framework agreement for the supply of a Managed Services provision. The Managed Services Framework (MSF) will support the delivery of the Technical Authority's objectives and enhance the support provided by Technical Authority to the regions, through providing Technical Authority with the ability to flex its capability and capacity through the call off and delivery of defined Work Packages at a more economical and efficient rate than ramping up internal resources. The framework will support all Technical Authority functions including: - Engineering - Environment & Sustainability - Health & Safety - Technology (including Research & Development) - Security Each of these functions contain discreet and specific work activities unique to the function as well as more generic, departmental wide activities like reporting and standards writing / updating. Read full description ## CPV classification Civil engineering consultancy servicesCivil engineering support servicesTransport systems consultancy servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesEnvironmental engineering consultancy servicesHealth and safety consultancy servicesProject management consultancy servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesResearch and development consultancy services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-04ee10-2025-03-26T12:07:00Z [View official notice ](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-04ee10-2025-03-26T12:07:00Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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