Official UK procurement notice
Contract for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services. Currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway Limited
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for provision of commuter and regional rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between:
(a) Moorgate to Stevenage via Hertford
(b) Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City
(c) Kings Lynn / Cambridge to London Kings Cross
(d) Peterborough to London Kings Cross
(e) Cambridge / Peterborough / Bedford to St Pancras and the Thameslink Core
(f) Rainham / Sevenoaks / Orpington / East Grinstead / Brighton / Littlehampton / Horsham / Sutton to London Blackfriars and the Thameslink Core
(g) London Victoria to Brighton including Gatwick Express branded services
(h) London Victoria to Littlehampton
(i) London Victoria to Eastbourne and Ore
(j) London Victoria to Southampton / Portsmouth / Bognor Regis
(k) Brighton to Lewes / Seaford / Eastbourne
(l) Eastbourne to Ore / Ashford International
(m) Brighton to Southampton / Portsmouth / Bognor Regis / Littlehampton
(n) Littlehampton to Bognor Regis / Portsmouth
(o) London Victoria to East Grinstead
(p) London Bridge to Uckfield
(q) London Victoria to Reigate
(r) Redhill to Tonbridge
(s) East Croydon to Milton Keynes via Kensington Olympia
(t) London Bridge to Caterham and Tattenham Corner
(u) London Bridge to Epsom
(v) London Bridge to Beckenham Junction via Peckham Rye
(w) London Bridge to Victoria via Gipsy Hill
(x) London Victoria to Epsom, Dorking and Horsham
(y) London Victoria to Epsom Downs via Carshalton Beeches
(z) London Victoria to West Croydon via Gipsy Hill
There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Franchise.
CPV: Railway transport services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32007R1370 CELEX 32007R1370
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2021, 09:08 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2021, 09:08 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013701- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bcf8Find a Tender
Notice history
1 release on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Contract periodEnvisaged start date and the duration of the contract · II.2.7 | 19 Sept 2021 | 1 Apr 2022 | +194 d |
The PIN published in the OJEU (document number: 534168-2020) on 2 November 2020 had envisaged that the contract start date would be 19 September 2021. This PIN is being issued as the contract start date is now envisaged to be 1 April 2022. It is anticipated that the contract will have a duration in the region of two to six years in total and this is likely to include a core period of at least two…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.