Network Rail is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the future provision of a managed service for the Rail Plant Performance System (Rail PPS), a bespoke online system used to record and analyse rail plant performance. The anticipated requirement includes application hosting, maintenance and support, data backup, data import and extraction, technical and user support, service management and source code/data management. The contract may also include future software development and system enhancements, including mobile functionality, reporting, system integrations and other improvements commissioned through agreed work packages. This PME is intended to understand market capability, appetite, delivery approaches and potential barriers to competition and to inform Network Rail’s future procurement approach.