TC01428 South Rail Terminal Line 3 Upgrade
Main contract details
Opportunity Id
DN798107
Title
TC01428 South Rail Terminal Line 3 Upgrade
Categories
34610000-6 - Rail locomotives and tenders
34621200-8 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles
34622000-3 - Railway and tramway passenger coaches, and trolleybuses
34630000-2 - Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment
34940000-8 - Railway equipment
34941000-5 - Rails and accessories
Description
The Port of Felixstowe South Rail Terminal has a length of approximately 500m.
Line 3 requires replacement of 460m of rail including the removal and disposal of all rail, timber sleepers and track ballast and replacement with new including the replacement of the timber sleepers with concrete sleepers.
The Works comprise but are not limited to:
Take up existing rails and dispose off site
Take up existing sleepers and dispose off site
Take up existing upper and lower ballast and dispose
Install new lower ballast on PW1 Terram
Install new concrete sleepers and new rail
Install new upper ballast
Tamp and final alignment using universal tamping machine
Install MoT Type 1 footways to 6 foot either side of line 3
Rail Operations run 24/7 6 days a week. It is proposed that the rail panels are assembled off-line in a nearby site compound and the installation works are undertaken over two consecutive 36 hour weekend possessions whereby half of the track is replaced each weekend. The Port will make its rail mounted gantry crane and container reach handler plant available to handle and place sections of built up track during the possession.
Line 3 requires replacement of 460m of rail including the removal and disposal of all rail, timber sleepers and track ballast and replacement with new including the replacement of the timber sleepers with concrete sleepers.
The Works comprise but are not limited to:
Take up existing rails and dispose off site
Take up existing sleepers and dispose off site
Take up existing upper and lower ballast and dispose
Install new lower ballast on PW1 Terram
Install new concrete sleepers and new rail
Install new upper ballast
Tamp and final alignment using universal tamping machine
Install MoT Type 1 footways to 6 foot either side of line 3
Rail Operations run 24/7 6 days a week. It is proposed that the rail panels are assembled off-line in a nearby site compound and the installation works are undertaken over two consecutive 36 hour weekend possessions whereby half of the track is replaced each weekend. The Port will make its rail mounted gantry crane and container reach handler plant available to handle and place sections of built up track during the possession.
Region(s) of supply
United Kingdom
Estimated value
£475,000.00
Keywords
Rail Maintenance, Railway Line Replacement
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date
24/09/2026
End date
24/09/2026
Expression of interest window
From 20/11/2025 14:00 to 19/12/2025 23:30
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Contact details
Buyer
Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd
Contact
Jane Mazur
Email
Telephone
01394 602020
Address
Central Stores, The Dock
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 3SA
United Kingdom
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 3SA
United Kingdom
