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# Train Fleet Cleaning Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/train-fleet-cleaning-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f033). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED: "Train Fleet Cleaning Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £12,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: chilternrailways.marketdojo.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/chiltern-rail-limited-GB-COH-03007939)
- **Published Value:** £12,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cleaning services of transport equipment, Support services for railway transport
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3, UKI3, UKI7, UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/train-fleet-cleaning-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f033#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f033`

## 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/train-fleet-cleaning-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f033#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [chilternrailways.marketdojo.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchilternrailways.marketdojo.com%2Fevents%2F174024)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/train-fleet-cleaning-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05f033#participate

## Description
Train fleet cleaning services, including berth cleaning, turn-around cleaning, and exterior cleaning, more fully described in the Draft Contract, across Chiltern Railways' fleet, specifically class 165, 168, and 196 diesel multiple units, and mark 5A loco hauled by class 68 loco. The Services shall be performed at the following locations:
•	Aylesbury Depot
•	Aylesbury South Sidings
•	Banbury Depot
•	Birmingham Moor Street Station
•	Marylebone Station
•	Oxford Station
•	Stourbridge Depot
•	Wembley Depot
The Supplier shall ensure trains are maintained in a safe, hygienic, and passenger ready condition in accordance with the performance standards set out in the Draft Contract.
The Supplier is responsible for providing train cleaning operatives for the cleaning in a variety of ways a minimum of 263  rail carriages and ensuring adaptability to new rolling stock as required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 63711000, 90917000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG, UKI, UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £12,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080368-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-05T17:43:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T08:25:53.288Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f033