Opportunity brief
Closes in 13 daysHeaton Reception Road Enhancement
The development of an outline / detailed design and subsequent construction, providing all improvements needed to Reception Roads 1, 2, 3, 4 & Siding A to provide increased resilience in the facilities required for servicing of trains to support the timetable. The Contractor is responsible for undertaking all necessary surveys acting as Principal Contractor (for surveys). This is principally inclusive of Civils, Mechanical and Electrical. All scoped works shall be planned in accordance with the relevant Network Rail Technical Approval Standards. For further information please see ITT Part 2 Specification Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway: under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body. The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts. Novation or Assignment The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance. Other Information Northern Trains Limited expressly reserves the right: not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta E-Sourcing Portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-York:-Designs./BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-York:-Designs./BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT
- Engineering & Infrastructure
- Public sector
- United Kingdom

- Buyer / issuer
- Northern Trains Limited
- Sector
- Engineering & Infrastructure
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 20 Nov 2026, 18:00 SAST
- Closes in 13 days
- Estimated value
- £641k
- GBP
- Submission method
- Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
- Tender number
- ocds-h6vhtk-078a0d
- Status
- Active
Scope summary
The development of an outline / detailed design and subsequent construction, providing all improvements needed to Reception Roads 1, 2, 3, 4 & Siding A to provide increased resilience in the facilities required for servicing of trains to support the timetable. The Contractor is responsible for undertaking all necessary surveys acting as Principal Contractor (for surveys). This is principally inclusive of Civils, Mechanical and Electrical. All scoped works shall be planned in accordance with the relevant Network Rail Technical Approval Standards. For further information please see ITT Part 2 Specification Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway: under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body. The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts. Novation or Assignment The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance. Other Information Northern Trains Limited expressly reserves the right: not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta E-Sourcing Portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-York:-Designs./BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-York:-Designs./BBS529UKFT To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/BBS529UKFT
Category: works
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Below threshold - open competition
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
Important dates
- Published
- 16 Oct 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 17 Oct 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 18:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- £641k
- Contract type
- Below threshold - open competition
- Category
- works
- Source
- UK Find a Tender
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