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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 10 hours ago Contract notice

Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner

Open United Kingdom Transport equipment & vehicles

Buyer Transpennine Trains Limited

104 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€7.1M
€7,088,428 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 105 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

105 days from publication to deadline

Longer than usual

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,768 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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TransPennine Trains (TPT) operates a fleet of 12 Class 397 EMU trains on the UK West Coast Main Line rail network. The trains received their initial overhaul in 2026, and further overhaul activities will fall due between 2028 and 2030. TPT is seeking a supply chain partner to deliver these overhaul services. The scope includes provision of a service delivery location where the work will be carried out, transport of the units from their home depot to the proposed service delivery location, undertaking of overhaul services across the full fleet of 12 trains, and coordination with the OEM for overhaul materials delivery management.

Description

TransPennine Trains ('TPT') operates a fleet of 12 Class 397 EMU trains along the UK West Coast Main Line rail network. Having had their initial overhaul in 2026, additional overhaul activities will fall due 2028 - 2030. TPT is seeking a supply chain partner to deliver these overhaul services, including but not limited to provision of an service delivery location to deliver services, transport of units from home depot to proposed service delivery location, undertaking of overhaul services across full fleet, and co-ordination with the OEM for overhaul materials delivery management.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €7.1M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Transport equipment & vehicles.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    104 days left, 74 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €41,969 and €298,633.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 10 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 440 awards for Transport equipment & vehicles in United Kingdom.

This notice
€7.1M
Median award
€120,384
Middle half of past awards
€41,969 to €298,633

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Transpennine Trains Limited

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Transport equipment & vehicles - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 28 €4.1M Sep 2026
Toyota (GB) PLC 16 €3.9M Sep 2026
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 15 €530,114 Sep 2026
Balfour Beatty Construction Limited 14 €4.0M Sep 2026
Volkswagen Group UK Limited 9 €908,968 Sep 2026

Based on 487 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

2 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 86% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.

open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
6,177
median open notice
€350,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Transport equipment & vehicles

different companies won awards here
251
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
buyers awarded contracts here
157

Based on 486 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Change history

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  1. Status
    Was: Closed
    Now: Open
    Scope and criteria
    The description was shortened. Re-read it before you bid.
  2. Status
    Was: Open
    Now: Closed
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.
  3. Status
    Was: Closed
    Now: Open
    Scope and criteria
    The description was shortened. Re-read it before you bid.
  4. Status
    Was: Open
    Now: Closed
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.

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