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Published 18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST

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Traction Motor Maintenance – Class 318 and 320

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Authority: ScotRail Trains Ltd·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Two-stageServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Submission deadline 19 Oct 202612:00 BST · 31d 1h left
Next notice expected 31 Jul 2025
Bids per lot · this authority 3all categories · n=16 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ScotRail have a requirement for a bespoke electrical traction motor service for the Class 318 and 320 Fleets. This shall include provision of observation regime and proactive maintenance, carry out in situ repairs, commutator resurfacing (where deemed applicable) at Shields Depot, 35 St Andrews Drive, Glasgow G41 5SD, to allow the rail vehicles 318s and 320s to go back into traffic.

CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1ScotRail have a requirement for a bespoke electrical traction motor service for the Class 318 and 320 FleetsRenewal
ScotRail have a requirement for a bespoke electrical traction motor service for the Class 318 and 320 Fleets. This shall include provision of observation regime and proactive maintenance, carry out in situ repairs, commutator resurfacing (where deemed applicable) at Shields Depot, 35 St Andrews Drive, Glasgow G41 5SD, to allow the rail vehicles 318s and 320s to go back into traffic. Additional information: Wax Digital should be used for the completion of any submissions. The full scope of the requirements is contained within the published project on our Wax Digital e-sourcing tool which can be…
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions
The anticipated start date of the contract is 18 January 2026. The proposed contract term would be for an initial period of 3 (three) years with the option to extend for up to 1 (one) year on two separate occasions at ScotRail’s sole discretion.
Second stage
1–null candidates invited to tender
Variant bids
not allowed
50000000 Repair and maintenance services50200000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 120Price: 80
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical — 60
  • Technical — 60
  • price — 40
  • price — 40
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical — 60
  • price — 40
  • Technical — 60
  • price — 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Technical & professional ability
    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
  • Technical & professional ability
    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
Legal form for consortia
The contract proposed to be entered into by ScotRail with the successful Tenderer as a result of this procurement will be ScotRail’s Terms and Conditions. Further information can be found in the Invitation to Request to Participate and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) document.
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Shortlisting
To participate you must submit an electronic response (both PQQ and ITN) via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline of 12pm, 19 October 2026. The system can be accessed here: https://scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How ScotRail Trains Ltd buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) — and who usually turns up

ScotRail Trains Ltd’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

ScotRail Trains Ltd

contract notices in 36 months: 22 in division 50 (3 direct) · 83 in all categories (26 direct)

Bids per lot3all categories · 36m · n=16 lots
Single-bid lots13%all categories · 36m · n=16 lots
Award vs estimate—no comparable estimate → award pairs
Deadline → award—no award dates published
Notice updates1all categories · 24m · n=88 notices
Awarded without competition14%division 50 · 36m · n=22 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=16
  • 1 bid 13%
  • 2–3 44%
  • 4–6 13%
  • 7+ 31%

Median 3 · 16 lots on 11 contested notices · all categories.

How procedures are run robust · n=16
  • Open 0%
  • Selective 81%
  • Limited 19%
  • Direct 0%

22 notices · division 50. Open and selective are contested (feed the bid/price figures above); limited and direct are not.

The market · delivery region

Scotland · Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011)

contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 21 in CPV 5011 (20 contested) · 624 in division 50 (552 contested)

Bids per lot4CPV 5011 · 36m · n=13 lots
Single-bid lots15%CPV 5011 · 36m · n=13 lots
Award vs estimate2% belowCPV 5011 · 36m · n=8 pairs
Deadline → award62ddivision 50 · 36m · n=3 notices
SME bidders78%CPV 5011 · 36m · n=12 lots
Winners based in the region75%CPV 5011 · 36m · n=8 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=13
  • 1 bid 15%
  • 2–3 15%
  • 4–6 54%
  • 7+ 15%

Median 4 · 13 lots on 13 contested notices · CPV 5011.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
  • Below estimate 50%
  • Within ±2% 38%
  • Above estimate 13%

8 lot pairs · CPV 5011.

robust · n=8 Awards in Scotland (CPV 5011, n=8 pairs) land a median 2% below; this notice publishes no GBP estimate to apply it to.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for expressions of interest
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
Authority reference
SR-PACT-PROJ-371
Classification (CPV)
Fleet management, repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipmentRepair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05470b
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: To participate you must submit an electronic response (both PQQ and ITN) via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline of 12pm, 19th October 2026. The system can be accessed here: https://scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=843006. (SC Ref:843006)

How to participate & submission route

Submit via portal
Authorised e-sourcing portalportal not identifiedLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/T… ↗

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Next notice expected
    31 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expectedin 31 days
    19 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
  4. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026
  1. Status changed to active
    18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
  3. Deadline published: 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    18 Sept 2026, 08:39 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ScotRail Trains Limited

Contracting authorityRailway services Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 6HQ +44 3448110141 Published organisation website ↗
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Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria