# Railway transport services (CPV 60200000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/railway-transport-services-60200000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Railway transport services (CPV 60200000) covers UK public procurement for Railway transport services. Tracked across 94 published procedures (20 in the last 12 months) across 32 contracting authorities, with 4 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Railway transport services

- **CPV Code:** `60200000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Transport & Passenger Services (CPV 60000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-passenger-services-60000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 4

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 20

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 94

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 9 (32 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 28 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/railway-transport-services-60200000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/railway-transport-services-60200000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 6 bids (middle half 4–7) (median of 2 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £1.2m (median net contract award; interquartile range £151k–£2.2m)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 115 days (median)

- **SME Win Rate:** 13% of declared awards won by small & medium enterprises

## Other Classes in Transport & Passenger Services

1. [Public road transport services (CPV 60110000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/public-road-transport-services-60110000): 284 notices/12m

2. [Road transport services (CPV 60100000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/road-transport-services-60100000): 116 notices/12m

3. [Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 60170000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hire-of-passenger-transport-vehicles-with-driver-60170000): 79 notices/12m

4. [Taxi services (CPV 60120000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/taxi-services-60120000): 78 notices/12m

5. [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services (CPV 60130000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-60130000): 34 notices/12m

6. [Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 60140000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/non-scheduled-passenger-transport-60140000): 18 notices/12m

## Live Open Tender Opportunities

Currently open for bidding in Railway transport services (soonest deadline first):

1. [Operation of RIDC Melton](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/operation-of-ridc-melton-ocds-h6vhtk-05e8be): £29,386,811 · Deadline: 25 Nov 2026 · NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

2. [Rail Haulage](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-haulage-ocds-h6vhtk-06a771): £949,900,000 · Deadline: 2 Dec 2026 · NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Railway transport services work:

1. [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587): 14 notices (8 in last 12m) · **2 open**

2. [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9): 14 notices (0 in last 12m)

3. [Rail Delivery Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rail-delivery-group-GB-COH-08176197): 9 notices (2 in last 12m)

4. [FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-greater-western-limited-coh-05113733): 7 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-transpennine-express-limited-coh-09111801): 6 notices (0 in last 12m)

6. [WM TRAINS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wm-trains-limited-coh-12545250): 4 notices (4 in last 12m)

7. [Translink](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/translink-GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV): 3 notices (0 in last 12m)

8. [Transport for London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-london-coh-01900907): 3 notices (1 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands): 20 notices (41%)

2. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 18 notices (37%)

3. [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber): 17 notices (35%)

4. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 17 notices (35%)

5. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 16 notices (33%)

6. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 16 notices (33%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Railway transport services:

1. [Worldline IT Services UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/worldline-it-services-uk-limited-coh-08514184): 3 procedures (4 awards) across 2 contracting authorities

2. [Network Rail Infrastructure](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/network-rail-infrastructure-coh-02904587): 2 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

3. [Cubic Transportation Systems Limited,](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cubic-transportation-systems-limited-coh-01381707): 2 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

4. [Mott McDonald Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mott-mcdonald-limited-GB-FTS-163737): 2 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

5. [ANGEL TRAINS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/angel-trains-limited-coh-02912655): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

6. [CMAC Group UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cmac-group-uk-ltd-coh-06054801): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

7. [CORYS](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/corys-GB-FTS-6485): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

8. [Canyon Road Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/canyon-road-limited-coh-08215690): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Railway transport services intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/railway-transport-services-60200000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/railway-transport-services-60200000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt