Direct Rail Services Limited: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Private Limited Company·North West England·Carlisle
Official UK PPONPNBJ-7645-CMHDWebsitedirectrailservices.com ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Leasing of Rail Wagons | 10 Apr 2030 | 1268d | £3,000,000 |
| Leasing of Rail Wagons | 10 Apr 2030 | 1268d | £10,000,000 |
| Provision of Tyre Turning - DPS Registration | 31 Jul 2031 | 1745d | £10,000,000 |
| Leasing of Rail Locomotives | 26 Dec 2031 | 1893d | £55,000,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
50 Repair and maintenance services6 procedures · 35%48 Software package and information systems3 procedures · 18%64 Postal and telecommunications services3 procedures · 18%34 Transport equipment and products2 procedures · 12%60 Transport services (except waste transport)2 procedures · 12%63 Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel2 procedures · 12%16 Agricultural machinery1 procedures · 6%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet1 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 17 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract94%(16 notices)
16 of 17 notices are Contract (94%).Framework6%(1 notices)
1 of 17 notices are Framework (6%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published65%(11 notices)
11 of 17 notices are Route not published (65%).Open35%(6 notices)
6 of 17 notices are Open (35%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 4 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 17 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| NTT Data Business Solutions | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 2 | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Sulzer Services UK Limited | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 26 May 2026 |
| PSV Glass & Glazing Limited | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 26 Jun 2026 |
| Associated Rewinds (Ireland) Limited | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 26 May 2026 |
| AST Signs Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Fluidpower Group UK t/a HTL | 1 | 16.7% | 0 | 1 | — |
| Brodie Engineering Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 0 | 1 | — |
6 awarded procedures across 7 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Provision of a Fleet and Asset Management System | NTT Data Business Solutions | 24 Feb 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 6 yrs | £1,500,000 ≈ £500k/yr |
| Design, Removal and Re-livery of Locomotives | AST Signs Ltd | 9 Mar 2026 | 4 yrs | £450,000 ≈ £113k/yr |
| Windscreen Fitment Class 68/88 | PSV Glass & Glazing Limited | 26 Jun 2026 | 4 yrs | £60,000 ≈ £15k/yr |
Recent procedures
Latest 41 of 41 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| PME for Emergency Rolling Stock Recovery, Re-railing and Wheel-Skating ServicesRailway transport services | Planning | 7 Oct 2026 | £500,000 |
| PME for Domestic Courier ServiceCourier services | Planning | 22 Sept 2026 | £200,000 |
| Premarket Engagement JNA Type Box WagonsRailway freight wagons | Planning | 1 Sept 2026 | £1,000,000 |
| PME for 115 x Intermodal Wagons (IKA or Equivalent)Railway freight wagons | Planning | 1 Sept 2026 | £5,000,000 |
| Supply of Class 66 Traction Motors - UTEX/Service Exchange ModelTraction motors | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £500,000 |
| Wagon Wheelset Overhaul (ITT)Repair and maintenance services of locomotive wheelsets | Open | 24 Jul 2026 | £14,200,000 |
| Tyre Turning ServicesRepair and maintenance services of locomotive wheelsets | Open | 20 Jul 2026 | £1,000,000 |
| Removal and Fitment of Class 68 and 88 Locomotive WindscreensWindscreen replacement services | Awarded / complete | 26 Jun 2026 | £60,000 |
| Domestic Courier ServicesCourier services | Planning | 12 Jun 2026 | £200,000 |
| RFI for provision of Terminal Ground staff & Train Driver DutiesSupply services of personnel including temporary staff | Planning | 15 May 2026 | £0 |
| Provision of a Fleet and Asset Management SystemSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 1 Apr 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| Design, Removal, and Re-Livery of LocomotivesRepair and maintenance services of locomotives | Awarded / complete | 13 Mar 2026 | £420,000 |
| Class 68/88 Locomotive Windscreen FitmentRepair and maintenance services of locomotives | Planning | 10 Mar 2026 | £50,000 |
| Crane Operations and Maintenance Services ContractRepair and maintenance services of cranes | Planning | 3 Dec 2025 | £3,000,000 |
| Rail Management SoftwareSoftware package and information systems | Planning | 28 May 2025 | £210,000 |
| Rail Management SoftwareSoftware package and information systems | Planning | 28 May 2025 | £210,000 |
| Courier and Pallet Services - UKCourier services | Planned | 15 Nov 2024 | £400,000 |
| The Provision to Supply Brake Blocks for Traction and Rail Rolling StockBrakes and brake parts | Open | 19 Apr 2024 | £1,435,000 |
| Hydrostatic O/H and Components for Class 68Overhaul and refurbishment work | Awarded / complete | 22 Feb 2024 | £200,000 |
| Railway Switches and CrossingsCrossing control signalling equipment | Open | 15 Aug 2023 | £150,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 2 of 3 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.