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title: "Extension of rolling stock lease with Eversholt Rail Limited for Class 397 vehicles that are already operated on the TPE rail network."
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# Extension of rolling stock lease with Eversholt Rail Limited for Class 397 vehicles that are already operated on the TPE rail network.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/extension-of-rolling-stock-lease-with-eversholt-rail-limited-for-class-397-vehicles-that-a-ocds-h6vhtk-03b727). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED: "Extension of rolling stock lease with Eversholt Rail Limited for Class 397 vehicles that are already operated on the TPE rail network.". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-transpennine-express-limited-coh-09111801)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial and insurance services, Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD, UKE, UKG, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b727`

## Before you bid
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- **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/extension-of-rolling-stock-lease-with-eversholt-rail-limited-for-class-397-vehicles-that-a-ocds-h6vhtk-03b727#tl-md)

## Description
In preparation for an award of a National Rail Contract from the Department for Transport to Transpennine Express Limited (operated by First Group), it is intended to extend the rolling stock lease with Eversholt Rail Limited for the fleets of trains currently under lease with Eversholt Rail Limited. The leases are expected to be extended in accordance with paragraph II.2.4 below. 
The Contracting Authority will observe a 10 day standstill period from the date of issue of this notice prior to entering into the lease extensions with Eversholt Rail Limited.
The Standstill Period will end on 10th April 2023.  
Please see PIN Ref (published by DfT) : 2022/S 000-006951 Dated 15th March 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD, UKE, UKG, UKM

- **Description:** The Contracting Authority intends to extend the rolling stock leases in accordance with Regulation 50(1)(c)(ii) of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016 for technical reasons. This is because there is no other UK based fleets available in sufficien...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 009198-2023-1 (active)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 009198-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 28/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009198-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-29T15:15:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T17:47:55.463Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b727