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Published 10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Post Incident Cleaning · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Northern Trains Limited (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£375,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2030 · up to 1 Apr 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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 description

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 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 published

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) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNorthern Trains Limited · all categories
The marketCleaning services (CPV 9091) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 20 of 71 known-size awards · market: CPV 9091 · UK-wide, n=606
28%74%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 15 of 43 known-location awards · market: CPV 9091 · UK-wide, n=605
35%61%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 9091 · UK-wide, n=286
62 days66 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 62 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 24 of 76 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9091 · UK-wide, n=670
32%18%

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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This buyer13 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market589 lots with bid counts · CPV 9091 · UK-wide
8% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (13) / the market (589) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 8%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 48 of 589 lots with published bid counts.
2–331% / 14%
Buyer: 4 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 82 of 589 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 49%
Buyer: 5 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 286 of 589 lots with published bid counts.
7+31% / 29%
Buyer: 4 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 173 of 589 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer13 lots with estimate and award · all categories
46% below estimate
The market343 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9091 · UK-wide
27% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (13) / the market (343) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate46% / 27%
Buyer: 6 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 91 of 343 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%31% / 40%
Buyer: 4 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 137 of 343 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate23% / 34%
Buyer: 3 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 115 of 343 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 9036 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£375k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 90. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 1,579 past lots.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 1,579 similar lots
1 bid16%
260 of 1,579 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–328%
443 of 1,579 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–634%
529 of 1,579 similar past lots received 4–6 (34%).
7+22%
347 of 1,579 similar past lots received 7+ (22%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £375k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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)
Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related servicesCleaning servicesClinical-waste collection servicesClinical-waste disposal servicesCollection, transport and disposal of hospital wasteEnvironmental servicesFacility related sanitation services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b876 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 20 days
    3 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]

  4. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Nov 2026, 12:16 GMT
    UK2

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

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 03076444 · GB-PPON: PZCJ-2164-HJQZ George Stephenson House, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6JTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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