Official UK procurement notice
Wimbledon Train care Depot Upgrade (MCE) - ES4 Design Stage
Authority: SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Western Railway (SWR) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Depot Enhancement Specialist to deliver the Wimbledon Traincare Depot Enhancement Scheme through Network Rail PACE Stage ES4 and support progression towards PACE Stage ES5.
The procurement will be conducted via a Single-Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) under the Procurement Act 2023. The successful supplier will provide multidisciplinary depot enhancement services within a live operational railway environment, including design development, engineering assurance, stakeholder management, and support for Network Rail approvals and assurance requirements.
Tenderers will be required to demonstrate proven experience in rail depot enhancement projects, multidisciplinary rail infrastructure design, Network Rail PACE processes, engineering assurance, and stakeholder engagement.
Tenders will be evaluated against published technical and commercial criteria, with assessment focusing on technical capability, rail sector experience, programme delivery, risk management, and value for money. SWR reserves the right to award based on initial submissions or undertake negotiations where advantageous.
The contract is expected to have a duration of 12 months(1-year) with an estimated value of approximately £1.094 million. Suppliers will be required to submit lump-sum pricing, enabling robust value-for-money assessment and comparison of bids. The procurement aims to secure the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) through a competitive, transparent process that promotes quality, capability, delivery certainty, and whole-life value.
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Project Reference: FX4541 - Wimbledon Traincare Depot Upgrade (MCE) - ES4 Design Stage > SWR004571
How the procedure runs: The procurement will be conducted via a Single-Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Tenders will be evaluated against published technical and commercial criteria, with SWR reserving the right to award on the basis of initial submissions or, where advantageous, undertake negotiations with bidders on both cost and technical proposals. more…
This approach provides the flexibility to secure the optimum balance of quality, delivery and value for money while maintaining a fair and transparent competitive process. Suppliers will be required to submit lump sum tender prices, enabling a clear comparison of bids and supporting value-for-money assessment. Competitive tension created through multiple supplier submissions will help secure the best commercial outcome, while detailed tender evaluation and price interrogation will provide assurance that costs are robust, reasonable and reflective of current market conditions. This route to market is expected to achieve the best procurement outcome by: • Ensuring compliance with Procurement Act 2023 requirements. • Promoting robust market competition and transparency. • Delivering value for money through competitive lump sum pricing. • Testing current market rates and supplier capacity. • Reducing procurement risk by engaging experienced and accredited suppliers. • Supporting the selection of the supplier offering the most advantageous tender (MAT) based on quality, capability and whole-life value. Please self invite to the project at the below link: https://swrl.medius-s2c.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx?ApplicationInstanceID=27adc89e-0cb2-4b51-9bc1-34061f10156f Project Reference: FX4541 - Wimbledon Traincare Depot Upgrade (MCE) - ES4 Design Stage > SWR004571
CPV: Civil engineering consultancy services · Engineering design services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Integrated engineering services · Railway depot construction work · Structural engineering consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services · Telecommunication consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£1,094,000
- Value
- £1,094,000 exc. VAT · £1,312,800 inc. VAT
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morePublished sub-criteria (3)
- Technical and Capability — 50%
- Commercial(Price) — 40%
- Social Value (via Social Value Platform) — 10%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) in Greater London — and who usually turns up
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Greater London market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
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 (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED
contract notices in 36 months: 21 in all categories (2 direct)
Greater London · Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131)
contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 283 in CPV 7131 (239 contested) · 780 in division 71 (662 contested)
robust · n=40 Awards in Greater London (CPV 7131, n=40 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £1,094,000 that is about £1,094,000, middle half £832,534–£1,094,000 (quartiles from Greater London · CPV 7131). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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 lot, contested contract notices). 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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077675Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will be conducted via a Single-Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Tenders will be evaluated against published technical and commercial criteria, with SWR reserving the right to award on the basis of initial submissions or, where advantageous, undertake negotiations with bidders on both cost and technical proposals. This approach provides the flexibility to secure the optimum balance of quality, more…
delivery and value for money while maintaining a fair and transparent competitive process. Suppliers will be required to submit lump sum tender prices, enabling a clear comparison of bids and supporting value-for-money assessment. Competitive tension created through multiple supplier submissions will help secure the best commercial outcome, while detailed tender evaluation and price interrogation will provide assurance that costs are robust, reasonable and reflective of current market conditions. This route to market is expected to achieve the best procurement outcome by: • Ensuring compliance with Procurement Act 2023 requirements. • Promoting robust market competition and transparency. • Delivering value for money through competitive lump sum pricing. • Testing current market rates and supplier capacity. • Reducing procurement risk by engaging experienced and accredited suppliers. • Supporting the selection of the supplier offering the most advantageous tender (MAT) based on quality, capability and whole-life value. Please self invite to the project at the below link: https://swrl.medius-s2c.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx?ApplicationInstanceID=27adc89e-0cb2-4b51-9bc1-34061f10156f Project Reference: FX4541 - Wimbledon Traincare Depot Upgrade (MCE) - ES4 Design Stage > SWR004571
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
- Clarification questions byin 22 days14 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 32 days23 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 88 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 90 days21 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
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
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:41 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Please self invite to the project through the link. Project Reference: FX4541 - Wimbledon Traincare Depot Upgrade (MCE) - ES4 Design Stage > SWR004571
- Technical specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender