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Northern Trains CSO Framework

Buyer: NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED →

BuyerNORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published22 May 2026

What is being bought

Northern Trains Ltd (NTL) is seeking to establish a Procurement Framework of suppliers capable of delivering Heavy Maintenance, Incident Repair, Corrosion Repair, Inspections, Interior Refresh, Exterior Repaint, Component Overhauls and associated services.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB

Categories

Repair and maintenance services of locomotives 50221000Repair and maintenance services of rolling stock 50222000Reconditioning services of locomotives 50223000Reconditioning services of rolling stock 50224000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 4 Jan 2027 to 3 Jan 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Repair and maintenance services of locomotives, Repair and maintenance services of rolling stock, Reconditioning services of locomotives, Reconditioning services of rolling stockNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Repair and maintenance services of locomotives (50221000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 503,6493 median · 21.3 average (1,004 of 3,649 with a bid count)3.5 average (1,129 of 3,649 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not published1 average (2 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKC2062 median · 29.1 average (35 of 206 with a bid count)3.9 average (41 of 206 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a1f5
Latest release ID048156-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 22 2026 14:51:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 May 2026planning048156-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
22 May 2026 · 048156-2026 · planning
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