Official UK procurement notice
Contract for Northern Franchise rail services. Currently operated by Northern Trains Limited (NTL)
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Award expected Date not publisheddirect award proposed, no call for competition
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Public transport services by railways · Rail transport services · Railway transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contract for provision of regional passenger rail services on the UK conventional…Planned
Contract for provision of regional passenger rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between:
- Bradford Forster Square - Skipton
- Wakefield - Huddersfield/Hebden Bridge - Bradford Interchange - Leeds - Selby
- Bradford Forster Square - llkley
- Sheffield - Moorthorpe - Leeds
- Sheffield - Hull
- Knottingley - Wakefield
- Bradford FQ - Skipton
- Goole - Castleford -Leeds
- Blackpool North -Leeds/York
- Sheffield - Gainsborough Central/Lincoln
- Doncaster - Scunthorpe
- Hull- Scarborough
- Hull- Bridlington -Scarborough
- Wigan - Leeds
- Leeds - Bradford Forster Square
- Leeds - llkley
- Bradford FQ - llkley
- Hull- York/Bridlington
- Scarborough/Hull-Sheffield via Doncaster
- Barton on Humber- Cleethorpes
- Carlisle - Settle - Leeds
- Skipton - Leeds
- Adwick - Sheffield
- Doncaster - Leeds
- Leeds - Knottingley
- Leeds - Knaresborough
- York-Leeds/Huddersfield
- Sheffield - York
- Wakefield - Huddersfield
- Halifax - Hull
- Leeds - Barnsley - Sheffield (Stoppers)
- Blackpool N - York
- Leeds - Lancaster
- Castleford - Bradford Interchange via Huddersfield
- Leeds - Lincoln via Sheffield
- Leeds - Sheffield via Moorthorpe
- Leeds - Harrogate - York
- Leeds - Manchester Victoria
- Sheffield - Huddersfield
- Leeds - Garforth - York
- Leeds - Nottingham
- Leeds - Chester
- Cleethorpes - Gainsborough
- Bishop Auckland - Darlington - Saltburn
- Newcastle - Carlisle
- Saltburn - Chester le Street - Carlisle
- Saltburn - Bishop Auckland
- Newcastle - Carlisle
- Whitby-Middlesbrough
- Durham Coast
- Chathill- Newcastle
- Wigan Wallgate - Via Bolton - Manchester Vic
- Manchester Vic - Stalybridge/Huddersfield
- Manchester Ox Road / Manchester Airport - Crewe (Styal)
- Southport-Wigan - Via Atherton - Manchester Vic
- Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Stockport
- Clitheroe - Manchester Victoria via Bolton
- Rochdale - Blackburn
- Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe via Manchester Airport
- Manchester Piccadilly - Chester
- Manchester Piccadilly - Buxton
- Manchester Piccadilly- New Mills Central
- Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke on Trent
- Kirby-Manchester Victoria via Atherton
- Clitheroe - Blackburn - Manchester Victoria via Todmorden
- Southport- Stalybridge
- Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge
- Manchester Piccadilly- Marple/Rose Hill
- Hazel Grove - Blackpool
- Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield/Glossop
- Blackburn - Wigan
- Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield
- Southport-Alderley Edge via Bolton
- Manchester Piccadilly - Hazel Grove
- Liverpool - Newton Le Willows/Wigan/Manchester Victoria
- Windermere - Oxenholme
- Liverpool/Warrington Central- Manchester Oxford Road/Piccadilly
- Blackpool N - Preston
- Barrow/ Windemere - Preston - Wigan - Bolton - Manchester
- Warrington BQ - Liverpool
- Liverpool/Hunts Cross - Warrington Central - Manchester Ox Rd
- Blackpool N - Liverpool (Stoppers)
- Preston - Ormskirk
- Carlisle - Whitehaven - Barrow
- Liverpool-Manchester Airport via Warrington (express)
- Cumbria Coast
- Blackpool N - Liverpool (express)
- Blackpool South - Colne
- Manchester - Preston
- Manchester Airport- Windermere/ Barrow (Express) via Wigan
- Blackpool N - Manchester Airport (Express) via Bolton
- Liverpool - Crewe via Manchester Piccadilly
- Barrow/Windermere - Preston
- Liverpool-Oxford Road via Warrington Central (Stoppers)
- Carlisle - Clitheroe - Blackpool N
- Lancaster-Morecambe
- Ellesmere Port- Liverpool via Warrington BQ
- Blackpool North - Preston - Manchester
There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated by Northern Trains Limited.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Direct award for railway transport
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32007R1370 CELEX 32007R1370
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Direct award proposed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Mar 2021, 08:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2021, 08:44 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003980- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0296f4Find a Tender
Publisher note: It is anticipated that the contract will have a duration in the region of 24 months to five years in total and this is likely to include a core period of at least 24 months with an optional additional period or periods exercisable at the sole discretion of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to proceed with the Direct Award as envisaged or to use an alternative method to procure an operator for the contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.