Procurement at Northern is conducted and facilitated by a central department which enables the end-to-end process for all third party provided common goods and services and civil works.
As a public body, we are bound to abide by Public Procurement Regulations, specifically the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016, given that the business is classified as a Utility.
Northern Trains procurement policy
It's our policy to procure all goods and services in a fair, transparent and ethical way and comply with all required regulations and legislation. View Northern's procurement policy here.
Improving our procurement process
We’ve already taken primary actions to improve our procurement practice and clearly demonstrate our commitment to improving supplier relationships:
- a review of purchase-to-pay processes and implementation of COUPA
- the development of a strategic sourcing process to manage commercial activity consistently
- a review of our qualification and assurance processes
- a refresh of our standard suite of contracts.
Procurement support
Procurement is the first point of contact for all procurement enquiries. To find out more please email [email protected].
We are committed to making visible our work pipeline to all its suppliers and recognise that providing our suppliers with visibility of our future procurement requirements creates a basis on which to plan their business, the ability to recruit, develop and retain staff with the skills necessary to support our demands, and the knowledge to support investment decisions in plant and equipment, and innovation.
Tendering activities are conducted electronically via our e-tendering platform, Delta to register please see the instructions under Becoming a Supplier.
Our contract register is updated each period. Here you will find details of all our national contracts and frameworks as well as who to speak to if you need more information about a particular contract.
- Link to contract register coming soon.
'This section provides suppliers with information relating to our current live Market Engagements, please view the list and select the link to the engagement you may be interested in.
Our contracts have been developed to provide an appropriate balance and allocation for contractual responsibilities and risk between parties.
Download a copy of Northern standard PO terms and conditions of which we operate.
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