Official UK procurement notice
Train Services Agreement (TSA) and Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA)
Authority: Caledonian Sleeper Limited
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCaledonian Sleeper Limited (CSL) intends to undertake a pre-procurement market engagement exercise to inform the renewal of the services provided under the Train Services Agreement (TSA) and Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA) for the Mk5 coach fleet (75 vehicles). The engagement will help CSL identify optimal packaging of services to maximise supplier participation, value for money and innovation. Any subsequent procurement will be subject to approvals from Scottish Rail Holdings (SRH) and Transport Scotland (TS) on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of rolling stock
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Preventative & Corrective MaintenancePlanned
Delivery of preventative and corrective maintenance for the Mk5 fleet
Management of daily servicing, fault finding and fault resolution in service
Maintenance and resource planning with defect tracking in line with CSL processes
Quality assurance, document control and safety management certification in line with CSL Safety Management System
Collaboration and integration with all relevant CSL Supply Partners Additional information: CSL reserves the right to procure these lots separately or in combination, depending on feedback from the Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and strategic approval from SRH and TS.
Lot #2Train Cleaning & PresentationPlanned
Provision and delivery of interior and exterior cleaning of the Mk5 coaches to defined CSL requirements and standards
Management of on-board presentation ensuring high standards met across
Implementation of quality control and audit processes to measure KPI performance
Collaboration and integration with all relevant CSL Supply Partners Additional information: CSL reserves the right to procure these lots separately or in combination, depending on feedback from the Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and strategic approval from SRH and TS.
Lot #3Overhaul and heavy maintenancePlanned
Delivery of periodic planned heavy maintenance for the Mk5 coaches
Management of major system overhauls e.g. HVAC, wheelsets, bogies, brakes, toilets in line with OEM specification and safety standards
Responsible for compliance, documentation, testing and certification
Provision of required and up-to-standard facilities required for delivery of any overhaul and heavy maintenance requirements
Collaboration and integration with all relevant CSL Supply Partners Additional information: CSL reserves the right to procure these lots separately or in combination, depending on feedback from the Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and strategic approval from SRH and TS.
Lot #4Preventative & Corrective SparesPlanned
Provision of spares and consumables required to support both preventive and corrective maintenance for the Mk5 fleet.
Management of inventory levels, MSQ and re-order points to maintain optimal stock levels across maintenance and operational locations.
Management and coordination of component repair, overhaul and obsolescence with approved OEM and supply chain partners.
Collaboration and integration with all relevant CSL Supply Partners Additional information: CSL reserves the right to procure these lots separately or in combination, depending on feedback from the Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and strategic approval from SRH and TS.
Lot #5Technical SupportPlanned
Provide technical support framework to support CSL including;
Maintenance documentation and optimization
Specialist design and engineering expertise
2nd/3rd party approvals
Risk management support
Reliability improvements
Collaboration with all relevant CSL Supply Partners Additional information: CSL reserves the right to procure these lots separately or in combination, depending on feedback from the Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and strategic approval from SRH and TS.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
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Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Caledonian Sleeper Limited runs Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment (CPV 5022) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Caledonian Sleeper Limited procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment (CPV 5022) →
How the contest usually goes
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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.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 90 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 32%
2–367% / 42%
4–60% / 21%
7+17% / 5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate63%
Within ±2%0%
Above estimate38%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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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 #1Preventative & Corrective MaintenanceCPV 50222000Estimate 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 309 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–627%
7+30%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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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.
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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.
Lot #2Train Cleaning & PresentationCPV 50222000Estimate 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 309 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–627%
7+30%
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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.
Lot #3Overhaul and heavy maintenanceCPV 50222000Estimate 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 309 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–627%
7+30%
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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.
Lot #4Preventative & Corrective SparesCPV 50222000Estimate 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 309 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–627%
7+30%
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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.
Lot #5Technical SupportCPV 50222000Estimate 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 309 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–627%
7+30%
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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 · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 10:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 10:49 GMT
- Authority reference
CPT-071- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024445- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066d29Find a Tender
Publisher note: Participation Process 1. Interested parties must email [email protected] to request a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Conflict of Interest (COI) 2. Once the NDA is executed, CSL will issue a Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) via e-mail to interested parties. 3. MEQ responses will be reviewed to inform market structure, lot design and potential tender strategy. 4. CSL may arrange follow-up engagement sessions (virtual or in person) with some or all respondents. Market Engagement requests to participate must be received no later than 7th April 2026. Only entities who register and execute an NDA will receive MEQ materials and subsequent invitations. No further public notice of these events will be issued prior to any Contract Notice. 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=824922. (SC Ref:824922)
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18 Mar 2026 → 27 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published217 days ago18 Mar 2026, 10:49 GMT
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 37 days27 Nov 2026
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