Official UK procurement notice
Post Incident Cleaning · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Northern Trains Limited (Central government)
The project is to procure a specialist post-incident cleaning service for Northern Trains Limited, providing both reactive and planned cleaning support across the rail network. The service is required to ensure rolling stock, depots and operational facilities can be safely and efficiently returned to service following contamination incidents, vandalism or other specialist cleaning events. The supplier will be responsible for the safe cleaning, decontamination and disposal of waste in accordance with relevant legislation and industry standards. The supplier will be required to provide a fully managed service, including suitably trained personnel, specialist equipment, materials, waste management and reporting, together with a 24-hour response capability to support operational requirements across the Northern network.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project is to procure a specialist post-incident cleaning service for Northern Trains Limited, providing both reactive and planned cleaning support across the rail network. The service is required to ensure rolling stock, depots and operational facilities can be safely and efficiently returned to service following contamination incidents, vandalism or other specialist cleaning events.
The scope of works includes the provision of trauma and biohazard cleaning services following incidents involving blood, bodily fluids, fatalities, serious injuries, infectious contamination and other hazardous materials. The supplier will be responsible for the safe cleaning, decontamination and disposal of waste in accordance with relevant legislation and industry standards.
The appointed supplier will also undertake specialist cleaning activities arising from animal strikes, toilet and sewage contamination, and vandalism incidents, including graffiti removal from rolling stock and associated assets. Services may include deep cleaning, sanitisation, odour removal, decontamination and restoration of affected areas to an operational standard.
In addition to reactive incident response, the contract will cover planned specialist cleaning requirements as instructed by Northern Trains Limited. The supplier will be required to provide a fully managed service, including suitably trained personnel, specialist equipment, materials, waste management and reporting, together with a 24-hour response capability to support operational requirements across the Northern network.
CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Cleaning services · Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services · Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste · Environmental services · Facility related sanitation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Northern Trains Limited buys Cleaning services (CPV 9091), and who usually turns up
Northern Trains Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Cleaning services (CPV 9091) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 62 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid0% / 8%
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4–638% / 49%
7+31% / 29%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate46% / 27%
Within ±2%31% / 40%
Above estimate23% / 34%
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Lot #1CPV 90Published estimate£375k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 90. The comparison uses that group.
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7+22%
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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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
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106618- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b876Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published3 days ago10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 20 days3 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Northern Trains Limited will be holding a supplier engagement workshop via Microsoft Teams on 3rd December 2026 at 10:00am to provide the market with an overview of the forthcoming Post-Incident Cleaning Services tender, which is anticipated to be released in early 2027. Tender dates are currently indicative and will be confirmed in due course.
The session will provide suppliers with an overview of the requirement, including the proposed scope of services, procurement timeline, anticipated contract duration, and overall project objectives. Suppliers will also have the opportunity to ask questions and gain a better understanding of Northern's requirements.
If you would like to attend the session, please register your interest by emailing the contacts below. A Microsoft Teams invitation will then be issued.
Please email:
Chris Spencer – [email protected]
Holly Longcroft – [email protected]
- Contract startsin 138 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
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