Official UK procurement notice
Tyre Turning Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Direct Rail Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTyre Turning Services
DRS does not consider itself bound by the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and associated procurement legislation (together the “UK procurement legislation”) on the basis that, operating commercially, it is not a public authority, nor does it carry out any utility activities. Accordingly, this Procurement is not, and does not purport to be, subject to UK procurement legislation. For the avoidance of doubt, Tenderers are put on notice that the publication of this document and any other document that relates to this Procurement (including the relevant tender notice) is published voluntarily and nothing in this document, or any other document that DRS publishes in relation to this Procurement, should be construed as purporting to give rise to rights or obligations under UK procurement legislation. That said, DRS intends to operate a fair process which broadly aligns with certain key aspects of the competitive flexible procedure under the PA23 and which aligns with the objectives of section 12(1)-(3) of the PA23
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of locomotive wheelsets
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,000,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2026, 11:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
C32058- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068455- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066983Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published222 days ago13 Mar 2026, 11:01 GMT
- Market engagement196 days ago7 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued to understand the market capability, capacity and geographic coverage for the provision of Locomotive and Wagon tyre turning services. The RFI also seeks to understand supplier appetite for flexible capacity models, including reserved slots available on a pay only if used basis.
- Tender notice published92 days ago20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BST
- Clarification questions by70 days ago12 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline63 days ago19 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by35 days ago15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts20 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Mar 2026, 11:01 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Mar 2026, 10:31 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,000,00020 Jul 2026, 17:41 BSTwas £1,200,000
- Status changed to active20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BST
- Deadline published: 19 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST20 Jul 2026, 17:41 BST
Published amendments (1)
extend to 7th april as suppliers have had issues uploading docs
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender