Administration of the Network Rail Private Medical Healthcare Trust Scheme
Estimated value
£231.8m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
27 May 2026
Description
Network Rail requires a supplier to administer its private healthcare trust offering to its management grade employees (Bands 1-4). High level requirements are: 1. Supplier to administer Network Rail’s contractual private medical healthcare benefit to management grade employees (Bands 1-4) and controller grades. This is approximately 13,900 employees. 2. This is to be a Healthcare Trust scheme. This will be through a Trust Deed, as is being used now, not a Master Trust. 3. The scheme must be administered with a specific stop loss (SSL) agreement set at appropriate levels. 4. The scheme must offer senior leaders family cover and for everyone else the ability to add on partners and dependants at an additional cost. There should be four levels of cover: Single, Married, Single Parent Family and Family. 5. The scheme must offer clinical pathways to treatment without a need for a General Practitioner (GP) referral, such as (but not limited to) certain types of cancer, physiotherapy, osteopathy, and mental health support. 6. The scheme rates should offer affordability to all Network Rail employees, taking into consideration the demographics within the organization. 7. The scheme must have geographic coverage across Great Britain to cover all routes and regions Network Rail operates in. 8. The number of employees utilizing the service may vary depending on how the business develops; as such, the services must have flexibility to be scaled at short notice. 9. As a public sector organization, Network Rail abides by the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and takes its duties to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between different people when carrying out its activities very seriously. We require all our suppliers, as representatives of the company, to adhere to the same standards in everyday practices.
Scope
- Reference
- PRJ44740
- Total value
- £231,784,821 excluding VAT£278,141,785 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2031Possible extension to 31 Mar 2035
Contract extensions of two periods of two years (total 4+2+2 years).
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 75122000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | A high-level summary of the Technical Envelope themes is outlined below. The Technical Envelope will consist of sub-sections, each carrying a percentage weighting: Confirmation of Capacity and Capability Service Delivery Technical Experience and Capability Mobilisation and Ongoing Delivery Information Security, Data Protection & Residency Commercial Controls Service Levels Social Value - Health & Wellbeing Social Value - Diversity & inclusion Full details are in the Instructions to Participants. | quality | 70.00% |
| Commercial | A pricing document is provided for completion. Responses will be evaluated per line on a proportional versus best-value basis. Full details are in the Instructions to Participants. | price | 30.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Detailed conditions of participation are set out in the Instructions to Participants document, which will be made available via the Network Rail Sourcing Platform (Bravo). Candidates must confirm that they have the legal capacity to perform the contract under the laws of England and Wales, are registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP), and are not subject to mandatory exclusion grounds or listed on the debarment list. All entities who are relied upon to meet the criteria are required to provide their own up-to-date core information on the Central Digital Platform (CDP). Candidates must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity to perform the contract by meeting the following minimum requirements: . Completion of the Network Rail Financial and Economic Standing Model and achieving a pass score in accordance with the model's criteria. . Confirm ability to obtain required insurances. . Confirm ability to meet other conditions of participation related but not limited to legal capacity, GDPR, prompt payment and tackling modern slavery. Please refer to the Instructions to Participants for full details.
Candidates must evidence experience of their technical ability by providing evidence of one previous contract that is relevant to our requirements.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 19 Jun 2026, 10:59 pm
- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2026, 2:00 pm
- Submission address
- The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html The link provides access to complete and submit the tender.
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure