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Published 23 May 2025, 13:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Direct award of a short term interim Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement for Class 701 rolling stock

Official notice

Authority: SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£4,047,919published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Alstom Enginnering and Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award of a short-term interim contract for a maximum of 6 months (Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement) for the provision of training, technical support and supply of

spares in relation to the contracting authority's 60 x 10 car units and 30 x 5 car units of Class 701 rolling stock (the "6 month TSSSA").

This interim award is made to enable finalisation of the longer term direct award contract previously published under ref-ocds-h6vhtk-05126b.

The intention being to award the longer term contract as soon as possible within the term of the 6 months TSSSA or, if that is not possible, on expiry of the 6 month TSSSA for a contract

term no longer than 5 years from the award of the interim agreement, therefore the subsequent final contract term will be for a period equalling 5 years less the term of this interim contract, preserving an overall 5 year term.

The contract value represents a maximum that could be earned during the 6 month TSSSA.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London, South East, South West
34600000 Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts71356300 Technical support services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 13:08 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 17:22 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035552
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05226b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Alstom Engineering and Services Limited was the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the

Class 701 rolling stock. No supplier other than Alstom Engineering and Services Limited would be able to take on the performance risk and associated Technical Support and Spares

Supply Agreement obligations for the fleet of Class 701 trains during the train introduction and warranty period. There is therefore an absence of competition for technical reasons and

there are therefore no reasonable alternatives to the supply provided by Alstom Engineering and Services Limited

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    4 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 17:22 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:08 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:20 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 17:22 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,047,9191 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alstom Enginnering and Services Limited5 Jun 2025 – 25 Nov 2025£4,047,91923 May 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Alstom Enginnering and Services Limited

    Signed
    25 May 2025
    Value
    £4,047,919
    Period
    5 Jun 2025 – 25 Nov 2025
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Interim 6 month agreement only with KPIs set in final long term agreement.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 03266760 · GB-PPON: PQHL-7495-VCQT Great Minster House 4th Floor, Public Ownership Programme Team, London, London, SW1P 4DRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender