Official UK procurement notice
Fuel Supply & Delivery to Transport UK East Midlands Railway Depots
Authority: ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor Supply and Delivery of Gas Oil (diesel fuel) to railway depot locations for passenger rail operations.
It is essential that EMR maintains a continuous fuel supply to its 3 operational Depots. Etches Park Derby, Eastcroft Nottingham and Cricklewood, London. Each Depot has different usage requirements, average deliveries weekly:
Etches Park: 684,000 Litres.
Eastcroft: 216,000 Litres.
Cricklewood: 108,000 Litres.
Delivered in 36,000 litres Road-Arctic vehicle.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 16:37 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067243- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055dffFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Extreme and unavoidable urgency
Transport UK East Mildands Limited is faced with an urgent operational and contractual issue due to the sudden insolvency of it's fuel supplier who has been supplying premium petrol,diesel, and biofuels under agreement.
Given the urgent circumstances, Transport UK East Midlands Limited is looking to directly
award a contract for a 6 month period with an optional extension of 6 months.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published11 Jul 2025, 16:31 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2025, 16:37 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITEDSupply of Fuel & Delivery for Traction Purposes for use in UK Railway vehicles22 Oct 2025 – 21 Apr 2026 · up to 21 Oct 2026Extensions: Possible extension to 21 October 2026 | £30,000,000 | 21 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender