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title: "Financing of new rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling)."
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# Financing of new rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling).

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financing-of-new-rolling-stock-and-associated-equipment-including-simulators-spares-and-to-ocds-h6vhtk-04e614). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Trains Ltd: "Financing of new rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling).". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Apr 2025. Published submission portal: award.commercedecisions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Trains Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-trains-ltd-coh-03076444)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 April 2025 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial leasing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financing-of-new-rolling-stock-and-associated-equipment-including-simulators-spares-and-to-ocds-h6vhtk-04e614#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e614`

## 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/financing-of-new-rolling-stock-and-associated-equipment-including-simulators-spares-and-to-ocds-h6vhtk-04e614#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [award.commercedecisions.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Faward.commercedecisions.com%2Fdftr%2Fweb%2Fproject%2Faa0dd0ce-e8e9-44f9-a36b-a263c746698a%2Fregister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financing-of-new-rolling-stock-and-associated-equipment-including-simulators-spares-and-to-ocds-h6vhtk-04e614#participate

## Description
The objective of this procurement is for Northern Trains Limited (NTL) to enter into financing arrangements with one or more financiers in relation to new rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling) which is being procured under a parallel manufacture and supply of rolling stock procurement. The Contract Notice related to the parallel procurement is 2024/S 000-015055. 
The parallel manufacture and supply of rolling stock procurement will establish a framework with three lots, one lot for each of: multi-mode multiple units (MMU); electric multiple units (EMU) and battery electric multiple units (BEMU). NTL anticipates calling off its Phase One and Phase Two rolling stock requirements from such lots. These framework agreements are for multi-mode multiple units (MMU); electric multiple units (EMU) and battery electric multiple units (BEMU).  
This finance procurement is solely for the Phase One requirements which are expected to be:
•	EMU: 12 units x 3 vehicles and expected to be in passenger service in 2029-30.
•	MMU: 48 units x 3 vehicles and 63 units x 4 vehicles and expected to be in passenger service in 2030-31.
•	BEMU: 8 units x 4 vehicles and expected to be in passenger service in 2032.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Electric Multiple Units
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66114000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 1: Electric Multiple Units
This finance procurement solely relates to financing the Phase One rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling). Lot 1 is the financing of the estimated requirement of 12 x 3-vehicle...

### Lot 2: Multi-mode Multiple Units (MMU)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66114000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 2: Multi-mode Multiple Units (MMU) 
This finance procurement solely relates to financing the Phase One rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling). Lot 2 is the financing of the estimated requirement of 48 x ...

### Lot 3: Battery Electric Multiple Units (BEMU)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66114000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 3: Battery Electric Multiple Units (BEMU)
This finance procurement solely relates to financing the Phase One rolling stock and associated equipment (including simulators, spares and tooling). Lot 3 is the financing of the estimated requirement of...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009714-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-17T15:16:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T10:52:59.433Z
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