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title: "Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner"
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# Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-397-heavy-overhaul-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-078246). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transpennine Trains Limited: "Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner". Published status: active. Published Value: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 86 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Transpennine Trains Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transpennine-trains-limited-coh-12544930)
- **Published Value:** £6,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2027 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway maintenance or service vehicles, Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons, Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-397-heavy-overhaul-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-078246#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078246`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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-397-heavy-overhaul-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-078246#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Fdelta%2FmainMenu.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-397-heavy-overhaul-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-078246#participate

## Description
TransPennine Trains ('TPT') operates a fleet of 12 Class 397 EMU trains along the UK West Coast Main Line rail network.  Having had their initial overhaul in 2026, additional overhaul activities will fall due 2028 - 2030.   TPT is seeking a supply chain partner to deliver these overhaul services, including but not limited to provision of an service delivery location to deliver services, transport of units from home depot to proposed service delivery location, undertaking of overhaul services across full fleet, and co-ordination with the OEM for overhaul materials delivery management.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Railway-maintenance-or-service-vehicles%2C-and-railway-freight-wagons./26AB2J3NR5
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/26AB2J3NR5

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34621000, 34621200, 60200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £6,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/04/2027 to 28/04/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F094560-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-07T09:50:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T03:14:29.881Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078246