Supply of Liquid Fuels Tender

NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

About this tender

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is running a market engagement exercise to better understand the market for supplying and delivering liquid fuels across Great Britain. The information gathered will inform its procurement strategy and any future procurement activity. This is a preliminary exercise and not yet a tender. Network Rail intends to tender a national framework for liquid fuels to support the operation of rolling stock and associated assets in England, Scotland and Wales. The framework is proposed with an initial term of eight years, with break clauses applying throughout. It would be available to Network Rail and authorised users, and is expected to operate on a demand-led basis with no guaranteed volume commitment. The proposed scope includes: supply and delivery of red diesel, white diesel and gas oil; alternative and renewable fuels such as HVO and FAME; emergency and ad-hoc deliveries; nationwide coverage across approximately 50 fuel locations; fuel management solutions including telemetry and automated ordering; fuel monitoring, reporting and management information; tank security and access-control solutions for fraud prevention; transition and data migration support where required; and customer service, account management and performance reporting. Suppliers will be required to ensure all fuels comply with applicable legislation, industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Bidder eligibility

Not specified. This is a market engagement notice and does not set out bidder eligibility, registrations, references or financial thresholds.

How bids are scored

Not specified. No evaluation methodology, price/quality split or weightings are disclosed in this market engagement notice.

Key requirements

• ✓Supply and delivery of red diesel, white diesel, gas oil, and renewable fuels (HVO and FAME) to about 50 GB locations
• ✓Emergency and ad-hoc deliveries, with demand-led ordering and no guaranteed volume
• ✓Fuel management, telemetry, automated ordering, tank security and access-control solutions, plus performance reporting

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