CAF TSSSA Class 331 rolling stock units

Direct award of a contract for the provision of technical support and spares supply (TSSSA) services that will be provided in the course of the Contracting Authority's maintenance of a fleet of 12 x 4-car and 31 x 3-car Class 331 electric multiple units and

associated equipment.

The Service Provider will be the Supplier of all spares and consumables required for the maintenance and overhaul of the fleet. The services started on 01/04/25 and will continue for a period of 10 years.

Under this agreement, the Service Provider shall provide:

• the Spares Supply Services during the Maintenance Period (period from the Commencement Date to the termination or expiry of this Agreement)
• the Initial Technical Support Services from the Commencement Date until the ITSS Expiry Date (01/04/2027)
• the Secondary Technical Support Services from the ITSS Expiry Date until the expiry of the Maintenance Period.

The Service Provider shall provide:

• the Spares Supply Services at the Depot;
• the Technical Support Services, Secondary Technical Support Services and Additional Services at such location as shall be necessary in the context of the services being provided at any location within the Northern Network.

The Spares Supply Services include, but are not limited to:

The Service Provider's responsibility for the management and delivery of all Spares to the point of delivery, including any requirements relating to delivery at the Depots, including:

• establishing the levels of Spares to be held to allow the Operator to maintain the Units in revenue earning service;
• the setting up of suppliers and supply chains to maintain the provision of Spares;
• procuring all Spares (other than the Owner Owned Spares);
• the logistics required to support the Spares supply; and
• the repair, overhaul and replacement of any Spares

The Service Provider will be responsible for the provision of all staff required to support the provision of the Spares, including:

• procurement personnel;
• logistics personnel;
• supply chain managers;

and any related management or supervisory staff.

Under Technical Support Services the Service Provider shall provide the Operator with professional engineering and technical support and advice to support the Operator's operational requirements.

The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Limited to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance.

Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway:

a) under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or

b) under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or

c) in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body.

The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/public-regi… ↗.

This Notice replaces the previously issued notice: 2025/S 000-017764, as it contains further information on this Agreement.