Official UK procurement notice
Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner
Authority: Transpennine Trains Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransPennine Trains ('TPT') operates a fleet of 12 Class 397 EMU trains along the UK West Coast Main Line rail network. Having had their initial overhaul in 2026, additional overhaul activities will fall due 2028 - 2030. TPT is seeking a supply chain partner to deliver these overhaul services, including but not limited to provision of an service delivery location to deliver services, transport of units from home depot to proposed service delivery location, undertaking of overhaul services across full fleet, and co-ordination with the OEM for overhaul materials delivery management.
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- How the procedure runs: This will be a multi stage procurement, beginning with an Invitation to Participate (Shortlisting stage) utilising the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) followed by and Invitation to Negotiate (interim/second) stage submission, followed by a Final (Best and Final Offer 'BAFO') submission. Further details can be found on the Tender Documentation provided on Delta.
CPV: Railway maintenance or service vehicles · Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons · Railway transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £3,996,350 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Transpennine Trains Limited buys Rolling stock (CPV 3462), and who usually turns up
Transpennine Trains Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Rolling stock (CPV 3462) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 96 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 13%
2–380% / 75%
4–620% / 13%
7+0% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate34%
Within ±2%41%
Above estimate25%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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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 #1CPV 3462Published estimate£6.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid24%
2–350%
4–623%
7+3%
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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.
Based on 20 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£6.0m
Estimate£6.0m
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £968m9 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 2 live · £134m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=1 | |
Alexander-Dennis LtdLarge | £68m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £68m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% above n=4 |
Wabtec UK LimitedLarge | £19m11 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £619k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=2 |
| £46m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £104m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 28% above n=2 | |
Alstom Transport UKLarge | £37m4 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £1.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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- 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
- 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
- 7 Oct 2026, 10:23 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 10:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
TPT684- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094560- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078246Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
- How it runs
This will be a multi stage procurement, beginning with an Invitation to Participate (Shortlisting stage) utilising the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) followed by and Invitation to Negotiate (interim/second) stage submission, followed by a Final (Best and Final Offer 'BAFO') submission. Further details can be found on the Tender Documentation provided on Delta.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Delta Contract Reference : 1041552916
Access Code: 26AB2J3NR5
Timeline
7 Oct 2026 → 29 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 10:23 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 50 days16 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 85 days20 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 155 days31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 183 days29 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 10:23 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 10:50 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender