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title: "Tram Cleaning Services - Tram Operations Limited"
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# Tram Cleaning Services - Tram Operations Limited

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tram-cleaning-services-tram-operations-limited-ocds-h6vhtk-0425ee). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED: "Tram Cleaning Services - Tram Operations Limited". Published status: active. Published Value: £4,860,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-rail-holdings-limited-coh-05154485)
- **Published Value:** £4,860,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cleaning services, For urban transport
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0425ee`

## 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/tram-cleaning-services-tram-operations-limited-ocds-h6vhtk-0425ee#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2FWVdf8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tram-cleaning-services-tram-operations-limited-ocds-h6vhtk-0425ee#participate

## Description
First Rail Holdings (FRH) is seeking a Supplier to provide third-party Tram cleaning services to Tram Operations Limited (TOL). TOL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FirstGroup PLC.
TOL is contracted as network operator of London Trams, part of Transport for London (TfL), a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London.
The network is 28 kms in length, of which 4 kms are 'on street'. Operations are managed from a Depot where a fleet of 35 trams is based and maintained.
The Supplier will undertake cleaning services for:
A) Infrastructure - tram stops and line of route litter picks;
B) Depot - main building (offices and workshop), track and sidings, Tramlink House, service roads and car parking,
pavements and walkways, depot plant and gates, de-icing and snow clearance;
C) Other premises - Tram Shop (Croydon), toilets at termini, berthing station, sub-station, main gateway (exterior to
fence line);
D) Trams - run-in procedure, interior tram cleans, exterior tram cleans, in-service litter picks;
E) Incidents (response, bio-hazards, major injury/fatality) and Miscellaneous (windscreen washers; sand silo, water
softener, waste water discharge, fly-tipping).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** First Rail Holdings (FRH) is seeking a Supplier to provide third-party Tram cleaning services to Tram Operations Limited (TOL). TOL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FirstGroup PLC.
TOL is contracted as network operator of London Trams, part of Transpo...

- **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%2F036921-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-15T11:15:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:21:12.550Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0425ee