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title: "Existing or Converted Battery-Electric Rolling Stock for Chiltern Railways"
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# Existing or Converted Battery-Electric Rolling Stock for Chiltern Railways

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/existing-or-converted-battery-electric-rolling-stock-for-chiltern-railways-ocds-h6vhtk-036b70). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED: "Existing or Converted Battery-Electric Rolling Stock for Chiltern Railways". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £200,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Oct 2022, 09:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.chilternrailways.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/chiltern-rail-limited-coh-03007939)
- **Published Value:** £200,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 October 2022 at 09:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment, Rolling stock
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKG1, UKG3, UKI, UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036b70`

## 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/existing-or-converted-battery-electric-rolling-stock-for-chiltern-railways-ocds-h6vhtk-036b70#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [chilternrailways.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chilternrailways.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/existing-or-converted-battery-electric-rolling-stock-for-chiltern-railways-ocds-h6vhtk-036b70#participate

## Description
The Chiltern Railway Company Limited (Chiltern) is seeking proposals from established
rolling stock owners or modifiers who are able to supply between 30 and 70 battery
electrical multiple units, either already in existence, or created from the conversion of an
existing fleet, to operate in passenger service on Chiltern routes. The fleet is expected to be
leased to Chiltern and the scope of supply may include the supply of existing / converted
units, associated maintenance, battery charging infrastructure; and relevant depot upgrade
works to facilitate the rolling stock maintenance.
Interested parties should register their interest to participate via the email address listed above. 
This is an advertised private procurement, which shall be conducted in accordance with the
terms of Chiltern's procurement policy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 50220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKG, UKI, UKJ

- **Description:** Chiltern operate passenger rail services over lines within the Chilterns and Midlands areas of
England under a National Rail Contract agreed with the Secretary of State for Transport, 
Chiltern is assessing its rolling stock strategy and in particula...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 025597-2024-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025597-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-13T11:34:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:16:00.369Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036b70