Official UK procurement notice
Station Painting and Platform Lining
Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthern Trains Limited (NTL) will be going to market for the procurement of Station Painting and Platform Lining across our network of train stations. These contracts form part of our commitment to providing customer-focused, professionally managed, and high-quality service that supports our long-term maintenance objectives.
The scope of services will be delivered with the aim of meeting performance and customer satisfaction requirements while ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory and mandatory legislation. Suppliers will be expected to apply Best Industry Practice, alongside their expertise and experience, to meet the following key objectives:
- Deliver effective services that meet high-quality standards and demonstrate value for money.
- Offer flexible service delivery tailored to the specific needs of each location.
- Create a safe and comfortable environment for all station users.
- Maintain assets in line with current statutory and regulatory legislation, as well as manufacturer's guidance, to ensure maximum longevity.
We look forward to building productive and successful relationships with our selected Suppliers following the conclusion of this process.
CPV: Painting work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Northern Trains Ltd buys Painting and glazing work (CPV 4544), and who usually turns up
Northern Trains Ltd’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: Painting and glazing work (CPV 4544) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–327% / 21%
4–636% / 30%
7+36% / 49%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate50% / 44%
Within ±2%25% / 28%
Above estimate25% / 28%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4544Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
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 47 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–321%
4–630%
7+49%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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 2025, 15:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2025, 15:50 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072514- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ddf9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published350 days ago10 Nov 2025, 15:50 GMT
- Market engagement333 days ago27 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Northern Trains Limited ('NTL') is seeking early engagement with interested Suppliers ahead of launching two separate tendering activities:
Station Painting Contract
Platform Lining Contract
A virtual Pre Market Engagement session will take place on the 27th of November 2025 at 10:00am via Microsoft Teams. This session will include a presentation from the Project Manager and Procurement Team, outlining the scope of the upcoming procurements and key requirements. The Market Engagement session will cover both contracts, and it is recommended for Suppliers to attend the session even if they are only interested in one.
The session will provide insight into the following areas:
- Specification
- Locations
- Procurement Timelines
NTL will also seek feedback on:
- Contracting Model
- Subcontracting
- Pricing Structure
- Commercial Terms
Following the session, attending suppliers will receive a short questionnaire to gather feedback on the proposed approach.
NTL may subsequently invite selected participants to one-to-one virtual meetings in December 2025 to discuss feedback in more detail. These sessions aim to gather additional input on the proposed contract, commercial terms, and tender process, as well as address any key issues raised. Invitations will be issued at NTL's sole discretion.
To express interest in attending the Pre-Market Engagement session, please email:
- Sarah Nixon ([email protected]) and
- Luke Jones ([email protected])
Please include your organisation's name, contact details and the name of attendees. A calendar invitation with joining details will follow.
Suppliers should note that there is no obligation to take part in this preliminary market engagement exercise and that if they do not take part, it will not preclude them from the subsequent related procurement process. Engaging Suppliers will not receive preferential treatment in any procurement tender process, and this is in no way an indication of the selection of any organisation or a guarantee of future work.
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Nov 2025, 15:50 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