Spares Access Agreement (SMA Bogies - Class 158/159)

Feedback is requested in relation to this market engagement. Your feedback is important as it will allow views from the market to inform the development and finalisation of the procurement strategy which will in turn help define the tender.

SWRL would greatly appreciate your feedback in the form of a response to the questionnaire in SWR004513.

Please submit your responses via SWRL's e-procurement portal Wax-digital swrl.medius-s2c.com/S2C/DisplayModules/T… ↗ All responses will be treated confidentially.

Following analysis, a high level summary report will be issued to participants, giving an overview of the general themes and findings; no participant will be mentioned by name in the report.

Completion of the questionnaire does not constitute an expression of interest in any future tender. Responses will not be used to evaluate your company, create a short-list or guarantee inclusion or exclusion in any resulting tender exercise.

All responses will be carefully considered but will not bind SWRL to any particular approach to the procurement, nor will responses be treated as conveying any promise or commitment on the part of the respondent. SWRL is not liable for any costs incurred.

For your feedback to be taken into account, your completed MEQ must be received by 13 March 2026, no later than 14:00pm. Any questions on the content of the questionnaire should also be submitted via SWRL's e-procurement portal correspondence.

We recommend that you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers . All communication should be via SWRL's e-procurement portal Correspondence function on the project.

SWRL wishes to explore the market to understand the availability and interest of potential suppliers who can manufacture and deliver a range of Train Spare Parts, Accessorises and Consumables to its designated depots across the south west region in England for use in its various asset maintenance areas (Rolling stock, Track, and Signals etc). A small sample of the requirement have been listed as information to accompany this questionnaire as examples of the type of products and requirements involved.

SWRL is considering whether our requirements could be met by one supplier or whether multi-suppliers are better suited.

SWRL engineering team works in a reactive environment; although some requirements(including larger scale project requirement ) can be forecast in advance, products/parts demands also originate from emergency situations. Due to necessity such requirement will require agile suppliers both in terms of capacity(increased requirement during a short notice and or period of time) and the time (emergency response when required).