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title: "Contract for South Western rail passenger services. Currently operated by First MTR South Western  Trains Limited (Ltd)."
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# Contract for South Western rail passenger services. Currently operated by First MTR South Western  Trains Limited (Ltd).

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-south-western-rail-passenger-services-currently-operated-by-first-mtr-south-w-ocds-h6vhtk-044f00). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Contract for South Western rail passenger services. Currently operated by First MTR South Western  Trains Limited (Ltd).". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award for railway transport
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public transport services by railways, Rail transport services, Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32007R1370
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044f00`

## 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/contract-for-south-western-rail-passenger-services-currently-operated-by-first-mtr-south-w-ocds-h6vhtk-044f00#tl-md)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 60210000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** Contract for provision of commuter and regional rail passenger services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. These serve the key cities of London, Portsmouth, Southampton and Reading, and extend as far as Bristol, Exeter and Weymouth.
Service...
- **Contract Period:** 24/05/2025 to 

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010630-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-02T14:49:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T18:39:25.936Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044f00