GWR - Provision of Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers, Person in Charge (PIC) and Shunters to support GWR in delivering passenger mitigations during planned perturbation.

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    "description": "First Greater Western Railway, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is issuing a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice to obtain market feedback in relation to an intended services for the provision of Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers, Person in Charge (PIC) and Shunters to support GWR in delivering passenger mitigations during planned perturbation.\nHS2 Possessions\nGWRs strategy during the construction of Old Oak Common (OOC) is to provide an alternative London terminus for its customers for any All-Line Block (ALB) greater than 12 hours and provide the same level of customer experience as that of London Paddington (PAD). For any possession that is greater than 12 hrs., GWR will implement one of its three diversionary routes, to ensure a London terminus is retained for GWR customers.\nWith limited to no access to London North Pole (LNP) GWRs principal engineering depot via the Great Western Main Line (GWML) during OOC possessions poses a significant risk to GWR. GWR has created a Depot Strategy that allows a limited number of services on/off LNP via the West London Line (WLL) entrance/exit. Additionally, and a series of mitigations across the GWR network. During Christmas 2024 High Speed Two (HS2) possession the amount of displaced rolling stock equated to 5kms.\nGWR requires a FOC to provide route conducting services and where applicable driving and PIC services to deliver for its customers and to retain a high-speed service.\nControl Period Possessions\nLike HS2, there are other planned Network Rail (NR) possessions between Reading (RDG) and PAD, preventing access to PAD and LNP.\nThere are also other possessions on the GWR network which cuts off GWR engineering depots to the rest of the network, requiring mitigations to ensure we can maintain our fleet to deliver for our customers.\nScope\nTo have a pool of trained Drivers and PICs to deliver GWR passenger diversions and GWR Depot Strategy when required. There will be a requirement to maintain competency, for Drivers and PICs on all routes, traction and locations. A variation will then be issued for each possession where there is a requirement for Depot Strategy (only applicable locations) and/or passenger diversions and for what duration.\nProvision of a dedicated FOC Operations Specialist to work with GWR Operations Standards department.\nTest Trains\nA FOC operator to provide test trains when required for GWR, for Depot Strategy locations, diversionary routes and other requirements as necessary to ensure GWRs plans are tested, operationally valid to deliver mitigations when required.\nResource required - FOC Traincrew Driver and Guard (where necessary) and PICs.\nOff network Method of Work will be produced by the FOC and agreed by GWR ahead of any test trains being scheduled.",
    "specialRegime": [
      "utilities"
    ],
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-COH-05113733",
      "name": "FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKK14",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Wiltshire",
        "postalCode": "SN1 1HL",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Milford House 1 Milford Street"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://procurement.gwr.com/tenders/12-tenders/gwr-notice/108-foc-pic",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "privateUtility",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Private utility"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "05113733",
        "scheme": "GB-COH"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurement@gwr.com"
      },
      "additionalIdentifiers": [
        {
          "id": "PXVG-2764-GZCQ",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "058974-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058974-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-09-23T15:40:10+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-11-07T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "This Preliminary Market Engagement exercise is being conducted ahead of any potential formal procurement process and does not constitute a pre-qualification or tendering exercise. The outcomes are intended to inform business cases and the development of the tender documentation if a procurement takes place in the future.\nAny interested parties should follow the instructions on the portal to register interest by Friday 03 October 2025. Interested parties will be required to sign and return a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to any engagement. The NDA will ensure fair and effective competition in the preparation and conduct of the tender competition and is in the interests of achieving best value for the taxpayer.\nFollowing receipt of registered interest and a signed NDA, suppliers will be invited to attend an in-person supplier event and will be provided with initial questions relating to the multi-procurement of services. A response to these initial questions will be required prior to the supplier event.\nFurther details on the project will be provided during the supplier event along with the procurement approach and timescales. The supplier event will take place on Friday 10 October 2025 at GWR headquarters in Swindon. The event will be limited to three (3) persons only per supplier. \nFollowing the supplier event, a set of technical and commercial questions will be provided to the registered suppliers, and a response will be requested to these within 10 working days following receipt.\nFurther consultation may be sought with some or all interested parties using one-to-one meetings either virtually or in person. This will provide an opportunity for suppliers to ask further questions and for GWR and other involved operators to obtain input from the market on key areas to help develop specifications and the contract documents. It is anticipated that these meeting will take place Friday 10 Oct 2025. \nAny costs of participation in the market engagement events will be borne by the participant.\nPlease follow the following link to Express your interest, and gain access to the Non Disclosure Agreement, which needs to be completed by 3rd of Oct 2025. \nhttp://redirect.transaxions.com/events/td0cW"
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}