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Development project for the provision of Cryogenic Railhead Cleaning

Railway equipment
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED: "Development project for the provision of Cryogenic Railhead Cleaning". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNORTHERN TRAINS LIMITEDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.9Bids / Report
40% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
PORTERBROOK LEASING COMPANY LIMITEDTop vendor: 58% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 59 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
PORTERBROOK LEASING COMPANY LIMITED1 win£222,022,200
SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED1 win£158,239,856
EXPLOSIVE LEARNING SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 win£1,550,000
MORSON HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED1 win£360,000
STHREE PARTNERSHIP LLP1 win£253,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
Last source update14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRailway equipment
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03d614
What is being bought
Development project for the provision of a cryogenic railhead adhesion system to be fitted to Northern Trains Limited's trains intended to provide more reliable and consistent braking in low adhesion conditions.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Development project for the provision of a cryogenic railhead adhesion system to be fitted to Northern Trains Limited's trains intended to provide more reliable and consistent braking in low adhesion conditions. The purpose of this fleet fitment is to provide the rail industry with operational evidence of the effectiveness of cryogenics in mitigating low adhesion of rail vehicles in adverse conditions.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    14 Jun 2023, 12:46 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 18 May 2023, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
University of Sheffield
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 18 May 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Contracting authority GB-COH-03076444
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  • Northern Trains Limited
    buyer

    GB-COH: 03076444
    -, York, UKE21, YO16HZ
    Robin.Horsman@northernrailway.co.uk
    +44 7827937566

  • Northern Trains Limited
    reviewBody

    York

  • University of Sheffield
    supplier

    GB-UKPRN: 10007157
    Sheffield, UKE
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAward a contract directly as this approach is allowed under the UCR's where restrictions on the use of IPR do not trigger a requirement to conduct a new OJEU-compliant tender process. We believe in this circumstance the following is applicable: Regulation 50.(1) Utilities may use the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition in the following cases- (c) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights* *noting that this applies where no reasonable alternative or substitute exist.