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# Selection of an Investment Partner for the Global Centre of Rail Excellence

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/selection-of-an-investment-partner-for-the-global-centre-of-rail-excellence-ocds-h6vhtk-038790). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** GCRE Ltd: "Selection of an Investment Partner for the Global Centre of Rail Excellence". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [GCRE Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gcre-ltd-GB-FTS-69188)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 February 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive dialogue
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction management services, Construction project management services, Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport, Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport, Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (+26 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/selection-of-an-investment-partner-for-the-global-centre-of-rail-excellence-ocds-h6vhtk-038790#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038790`

## 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/selection-of-an-investment-partner-for-the-global-centre-of-rail-excellence-ocds-h6vhtk-038790#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fhome.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/selection-of-an-investment-partner-for-the-global-centre-of-rail-excellence-ocds-h6vhtk-038790#participate

## Description
GCRE Ltd (the "Company") is seeking a strategic investor to fund the Company. This is an investment and commercialisation opportunity in relation to the Global Centre of Rail Excellence ("GCRE"), a planned railway infrastructure and rolling stock testing, proving, demonstration and storage facility in South Wales, on a site of 700 hectares located within the Powys and Neath Port Talbot local authorities. GCRE is being developed by the Company, which is currently wholly owned by the Welsh Government.
The strategic investor, which could be a single investor or a consortium of investors, will acquire a majority shareholding in and control of the Company (being a minimum of 51%).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 09310000, 09330000, 31121110, 32500000, 32552420, 34632300
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** This is a procurement to acquire a controlling interest in GCRE Ltd (the "Company"). The Global Centre of Rail Excellence ("GCRE") is a planned railway infrastructure and rolling stock testing, proving, demonstration and storage facility in South Wal...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001623-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-19T08:54:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:51:54.709Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038790