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Published 7 Oct 2026, 10:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PME for Emergency Rolling Stock Recovery, Re-railing and Wheel-Skating Services

Authority: Direct Rail Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£500,000≈ £125k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 4 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsstarts 8 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Request for Information for Emergency Rolling Stock Recovery, Re-railing and Wheel-Skating Services.

Please respond to the RFI via the Atamis portal: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome

CPV: Railway transport services · Support services for railway transport

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 8 Feb 2027 — 7 Feb 2031 (4 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligible
60200000 Railway transport services63711000 Support services for railway transport

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
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Oct 2026, 10:57 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 10:57 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Railway transport servicesSupport services for railway transport
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078254

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    7 Oct 2026, 10:57 BST
  2. Market engagementin 16 days
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTPME for Emergency Rolling Stock Recovery, Re-railing and Wheel-Skating Services. Please respond to the RFI via the Atamis portal: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
  3. Tender notice expectedin 90 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 124 days
    8 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 10:57 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Direct Rail Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNBJ-7645-CMHD Regents Court, Baron Way, Carlisle, North West, CA6 4SJ

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure