Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Driver Advisory, Performance & Operational Intelligence Platform
Authority: SE TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSE Trains Limited seeks to procure an integrated digital platform that combines Driver Advisory System (DAS) capability with operational performance management, energy optimisation, driver competence analytics, operational communications and business intelligence.
The objective is not simply to deploy an in-cab advisory tool, but to establish a common operational platform supporting:
- Drivers
- Driver Managers
- Driver Standards Teams
- Operations Managers
- Control Centres
- Performance Teams
- Timetable Planning Teams
- Fleet & Sustainability Teams
- Business Intelligence Teams
The system shall provide a single source of operational truth, improving:
- Safety
- Punctuality
- Energy efficiency
- Service reliability
- Driver performance
- Operational decision making
- Performance analysis
- Timetable development
SE Trains Limited requires a solution that delivers measurable improvements in:
Safety
- Reduction in overspeed events
- Improved compliance with operational requirements
- Increased driver situational awareness
- Identification of emerging safety risks
- Reduction in SPAD precursor behaviours
Performance
- Improved Right Time departures
- Improved Right Time arrivals
- Reduced reactionary delay
- Improved timetable adherence
- Enhanced network resilience
Sustainability
- Reduced traction energy consumption
- Improved eco-driving performance
- Lower carbon emissions
- Improved asset utilisation
Operational Excellence
- Better visibility of daily operations
- Faster identification of emerging incidents
- Improved evidence-based decision making
- Reduction in manual reporting activities
Competence & Assurance
- More effective driver coaching
- Data-driven competence management
- Automated performance monitoring
- Fair and transparent assessment processes
CPV: Support services for railway transport
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How SE TRAINS LIMITED buys Support services for land transport (CPV 6371), and who usually turns up
SE TRAINS LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–388%
4–613%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate40%
Within ±2%55%
Above estimate5%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6371Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 31 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–348%
4–635%
7+3%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2026, 13:41 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 13:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081318- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ec95Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Aug 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published56 days ago26 Aug 2026, 13:41 BST
- Market engagement20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
This UK2 Preliminary market engagement notice is being issued to:
- Inform the market of SE Trains Limited's intention to procure a Integrated Driver Advisory, Performance & Operational Intelligence Platform.
- Invite interested suppliers to participate in early market engagement to help shape the procurement approach, commercial model and contract documents.
- Gather supplier views on practical delivery issues, innovation opportunities, and appropriate performance and reporting arrangements.
SE Trains Limited intend to undertake the following engagement activities:
- Make available a supplier information pack.
- Provide further detail on the opportunity, objectives and scope.
Should this opportunity then be of interest to participants, the following information will be requested by SE Trains Limited:
- Organisation name, registered address and company number (if applicable).
- Main contact name, role, email and telephone number.
- A brief description of your organisation's relevant experience, capability and competency
- Indicative costs
- Implementation timescales
- Integration requirements
- Relevant case studies
- Strategic roadmap
SE Trains Limited may ask suppliers to sign a confidentiality agreement before issuing any detailed, non‑public information.
SE Trains Limited, at its discretion, may request follow up via video call and/or at in person meetings.
The current indicative timetable for preliminary market engagement is:
- Publication of this notice: 26 August 2026
- Deadline to register interest and request further information: 30 September 2026
- Optional one‑to‑one meetings: 05 October 2026
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary and at the supplier's own cost. SE Trains Limited will not reimburse any associated expenses.
Information provided by suppliers during the engagement may be used to refine the procurement strategy, tender documentation, commercial structure and performance framework. SE Trains Limited do not make any claim to final content of any tender requirements.
Any information shared that is not commercially sensitive may be summarised and shared more widely with participants to ensure transparency and equal treatment.
This notice is not a tender notice or a call for competition. Publication of this notice does not bind SE Trains Limited to any guarantee, and it is possible that no tender will result from this Pre-Market Engagement exercise. The requirements, contract duration, start and end dates detailed within this notice are subject to amendment following Pre Market Engagement and confirmation of the route to market.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 253 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Aug 2026, 13:41 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender