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title: "First Rail - GWR and SWR Uniform Provision"
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# First Rail - GWR and SWR Uniform Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/first-rail-gwr-and-swr-uniform-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04ca01). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED: "First Rail - GWR and SWR Uniform Provision". Published status: active. Published Value: £8,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jan 2025. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-greater-western-limited-coh-05113733)
- **Published Value:** £8,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 January 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Clothing, Corporate clothing
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ca01`

## 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/first-rail-gwr-and-swr-uniform-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04ca01#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2FooObd)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/first-rail-gwr-and-swr-uniform-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04ca01#participate

## Description
First Rail Holdings (FRH) are tendering for the provision of a fully managed Employee Uniform service to the below FRH Train Operating Companies (TOCs):
• First MTR South Western Trains Limited ("SWR") - 07900320
• First Greater Western Limited ("GWR") - 05113733

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 18222000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £8,000,000
- **Description:** First Rail Holdings (FRH) are tendering for the provision of a fully managed uniform service to the following FirstGroup Rail Companies ('the Customer') in the UK:
First MTR South Western Trains Limited ("SWR") - 07900320
First Greater Western Limite...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041144-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-20T10:58:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:48:12.279Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ca01