Railway transport services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 60200000Services · classin Transport & Passenger Services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Other public bodies 42% (53 notices)
  • Central government 35% (44 notices)
  • Local authorities 6% (8 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 1% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 17% (21 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDCentral government1660
Transport for LondonOther public bodies1160
FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITEDnot classified800
Department for TransportCentral government700
FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITEDOther public bodies710
THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORTCentral government700
Transport for the NorthOther public bodies410
WM TRAINS LIMITEDOther public bodies440
Department of Health & Social CareCentral government310
London Underground LimitedOther public bodies320

52 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 70 of 127 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Greater London29 · 41%
West Midlands22 · 31%
North West England22 · 31%
South West England20 · 29%
Yorkshire and the Humber20 · 29%
South East England20 · 29%
Scotland18 · 26%
North East England14 · 20%
East Midlands14 · 20%
East of England13 · 19%
Wales (Cymru)8 · 11%
Northern Ireland4 · 6%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 85% (108 notices)
  • Framework 14% (18 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Route not published 38% (48 notices)
  • Open 25% (32 notices)
  • Selective 17% (22 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 13% (17 notices)
  • Direct award 6% (8 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 76% (19 notices)
  • Below threshold 24% (6 notices)
Typical tender window29 daysrobust · n=19median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (54) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Contract value, net
p25 £457,500median £2,750,000p75 £6,937,500
interquartile range of 10 awards · p90 £11,017,801
Typical bids per lot2robust · n=7middle half 2–5
Competed87%robust · n=54open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs33%robust · n=21of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs20%robust · n=10single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned6%robust · n=54cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot5robust · n=512 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 94 awards to 65 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 21 of 127 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution8 notices · 38%
Delta eSourcing5 notices · 24%
SAP Ariba4 notices · 19%

Open tenders in railway transport services

1 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 6020. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 6020. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.