Official UK procurement notice
Laira Depot Enabling works: Class 175 Tender
Authority: FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGWR Laira Depot Enhancements Works
Location:
Laira Depot is a Traction and Rolling Stock depot situated in Plymouth, Devon.
The depot is Network Rail owned and leased as a Traction and Rolling Stock Depot (T&RSD) to Great Western Railway as a primary location in the Southwest of England for the maintenance, repair, servicing and cleaning of high speed rolling stock including GWR AT300, Class 175 trains and GWR operated DMU fleets.
Project Background
Laira Train Depot is owned by Network Rail (NR) and leased by Great Western Railway (GWR) as the Train Operating Company (TOC). As part of the need to increase passenger capacity and provide additional rolling stock to replace the aging High Speed Train (HST) fleet to the South-West, GWR have identified a need to increase the operational capacity of the Laira Traction and Rolling Stock Depot (T&RSD). GWR have entered a new rolling stock contract to supply Class 175 Trains, these Trains will be maintained at Laira T&RSD.
CPV: Architectural design services · Construction supervision services · Engineering design services · Engineering works and construction works · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment · Installation services of machinery and equipment · Mechanical installations · Public transport services by railways · Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts · Site preparation work · Site-investigation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£3,000,000
- Technical & professional ability
- Previous examples of working on live rail depots.
- Previous examples of heavy lifting jacks and access gantries.
- Organisation/ project hierarchy and skills/experience
- NR principal contractor?
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical solution: 40%
- Contract terms: 5%
- Price: 55%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: Criteria Weighting Technical solution 40% Price 55% Contractual Compliance 5%
- Technical solution
- Contract terms
- Technical & professional ability
- Previous examples of working on live rail depots.
- Previous examples of heavy lifting jacks and access gantries.
- Organisation/ project hierarchy and skills/experience
- NR principal contractor?
- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 9 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Nov 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
FX1238-FG002848- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030994- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05456eFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
JCT D & B Certification of payment - 30 days
- Risks
As Per JCT terms agreed
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Currently seeking expression of interest Tender will be published separately.
Timeline
9 Jun 2025 → 3 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by386 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts367 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent335 days ago21 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published334 days ago21 Nov 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Standstill ends322 days ago3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2025- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 14:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 15:31 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 15:31 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMEG GROUP LIMITEDLaira Depot Enabling works: Class 1755 Jan 2026 – 27 Mar 2027 | £3,159,166 | 21 Nov 2025standstill to 3 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EMEG GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The purpose of this document is to outline the specification for the Design & Build of infrastructure enhancements to support the introduction of the Class 175 fleet.
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender