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# Rail Replacement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-040f54). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED: "Rail Replacement". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Nov 2023, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/abellio-east-midlands-limited-coh-09860485)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 November 2023 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of buses and coaches with driver, Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Taxi services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-040f54#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040f54`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-040f54#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2FbhTV8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-040f54#participate

## Description
To enable customers to access a replacement service when trains are either cancelled, altered, or disrupted on-the-day. 
To, on occasion (and mainly on infrequent routes), provide a supplementary or backup transport option where trains or buses are predicted to be oversubscribed. 
To provide taxi provision for planned and unplanned work including the transportation of staff 
To provide a safe environment for customers and staff to travel to their desired destination. Provide excellent customer service to EMR customers.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Buses
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60172000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** To enable customers to access a replacement service when trains are either cancelled, altered, or disrupted on-the-day. 
To, on occasion (and mainly on infrequent routes), provide a supplementary or backup transport option where trains or buses are p...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Taxis
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** To enable customers to access a replacement service when trains are either cancelled, altered, or disrupted on-the-day. 
To, on occasion (and mainly on infrequent routes), provide a supplementary or backup transport option where trains or buses are p...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Rail Replacement Buses (active)
  - Award id: `002677-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Rail Replacement Taxis (active)
  - Award id: `002677-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Rail Replacement Buses (active)

  - Signed Date: 01/11/2024

- **Contract:** Rail Replacement Taxis (active)

  - Signed Date: 31/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002677-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-27T11:41:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T05:58:56.366Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040f54