Official UK procurement notice
Extension of Maintenance Contract with Direct Rail Services Limited for Class 68 vehicles that are already operated on the TPE rail network.
Authority: FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn preparation for an award of a National Rail Contract from the Department for Transport to Transpennine Express Limited (operated by First Group), it is intended to extend the maintenance contract with Direct Rail Services Limited for the Class 68 fleet of trains. The maintenance contract is expected to be extended in accordance with paragraph II.2.4 below.
The Contracting Authority will observe a 10 day standstill period from the date of issue of this notice prior to entering into the maintenance contract extension with Direct Rail Services Limited.
The Standstill Period will end on 22nd May 2023.
CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Contracting Authority intends to extend the TSA in accordance with Regulation…
The Contracting Authority intends to extend the TSA in accordance with Regulation 50(1)(c)(ii) of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016 for technical reasons.
In preparation for an award of a National Rail Contract from the Department for Transport to Transpennine Express Limited (operated by First Group), it is intended to extend the maintenance contract with Direct Rail Services Limited for the Class 68 fleet of trains. The maintenance contract is expected to be extended in accordance with paragraph II.2.4 below.
The Contracting Authority will observe a 10 day standstill period from the date of issue of this notice prior to entering into the maintenance contract extension with Direct Rail Services Limited.
The Standstill Period will end on 22nd May 2023.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 10 May 2023, 13:58 BST
- Last source update
- 10 May 2023, 13:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013318- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Direct Rail Services Limited provides a turnkey solution for maintenance. There is no provider in the market who can carry out the activities being undertaken by Direct Rail Services Limited.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 013318-2023-1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- 10 May 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.