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Chester Carriage Wash Machine

Buyer: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) →

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BuyerTransport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)
StatusClosed
Deadline3 Sept 2026
Value£1,666,666
Published6 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Transport for Wales Rail Ltd requires the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a new Carriage Wash Machine at Chester Train Maintenance Depot. The facility will be located on Reception Road and will replace the existing non-operational carriage wash machine, including all associated infrastructure and integration works. The successful contractor will deliver the works in accordance with Network Rail standards and applicable legal requirements within an operational depot environment. Tenderers must provide proposed delivery timescales, utility consumption data and water recycling performance, with consideration given to the re-use of existing carriage wash equipment where feasible. As an optional scope item, suppliers shall provide a price for the removal of the existing CWM equipment within the wash plant building. The proposal shall include any works required to enable the building to be used immediately for manual exterior train washing. TfWRL may elect to proceed with this option if sufficient savings are achieved elsewhere within the project, enabling the overall scheme to remain within the approved budget.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation 34000000Industrial machinery 42000000Construction work 45000000Installation services (except software) 51000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,666,666
Contract periodFrom 19 Nov 2026 to 18 Nov 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (60%)
Commercial (30%)
Social Value (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Industrial machinery, Construction work, Installation services (except software), Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportationNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation (34000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 344,5603 median · 24 average (1,842 of 4,560 with a bid count)3.7 average (2,058 of 4,560 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,0524 median · 58.8 average (375 of 1,052 with a bid count)5.5 average (436 of 1,052 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2466 median · 10.7 average (3 of 246 with a bid count)2 average (3 of 246 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dd1d
Latest release ID074474-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 06 2026 08:18:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074474-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-03T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-20T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted through the Atamis portal - https://tfw.my.site.com/login
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,666,666
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 Aug 2026tender074474-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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