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# Class 153 C4 and C6 exams

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-153-c4-and-c6-exams-ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** TFW: "Class 153 C4 and C6 exams". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.sell2wales.gov.wales.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [TFW](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tfw-GB-FTS-91008)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £300,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-153-c4-and-c6-exams-ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-153-c4-and-c6-exams-ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sell2wales.gov.wales](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sell2wales.gov.wales)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-153-c4-and-c6-exams-ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4#participate

## Description
The focus of the project described within this Request for Proposal (the RfP) concerns the heave maintenance coded repairs C4 and C6 for Class 153s rolling stock that operate on the Heart of Wales Line between Swansea and Shrewsbury via various market towns and villages.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Class 153 C4 and C6 exams
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The Class 153 Units were originally built as a 2-car Class 155 Unit. The Class 155s were split into single car units in the early 1990s. Class 153s were intended for service on rural branch lines where passenger numbers do not justify longer trains, ...

### Lot 2: Class 153 C4 and C6 exams
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Class 153 Units were originally built as a 2-car Class 155 Unit. The Class 155s were split into single car units in the early 1990s. Class 153s were intended for service on rural branch lines where passenger numbers do not justify longer trains, ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Class 153 C4 and C6 exams (active)
  - Award id: `007813-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Pullman Rail**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139737`
  - Value: £150,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Class 153 C4 and C6 exams (active)
  - Award id: `007813-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **LNWR t/a Arriva TrainCare**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139738`
  - Value: £150,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Class 153 C4 and C6 exams (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000
  - Signed Date: 13/06/2024

- **Contract:** Class 153 C4 and C6 exams (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000
  - Signed Date: 13/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007813-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-04T11:52:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:56:36.625Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041bb4