Who Won It

Contract award · 18 Nov 2025

Class 156 Life Extension – RETB (Radio Electronic Token Block) Data Loggers

ScotRail Trains Limited awarded “Class 156 Life Extension – RETB (Radio…” to an unnamed supplier. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionVehicles & transport equipmentScotland

BuyerScotRail Trains Limited
Value Not published
WinnersNot named

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
ScotRail Trains Limited
Suppliers
Not named
Value
Not published
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Vehicles & transport equipment · Electrical signalling equipment for railways (CPV 34632200)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
074942-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Nov 2025
  2. Published18 Nov 2025Published the same day

Description

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. The provision of data loggers for the RETB fitted fleet of 5 x Class 153, 15 x Class 156 and 25 x 158 Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). The data loggers shall capture all relevant parameters to assess the signal strength and signal to noise ratio on the RETB network. The proposed contract will provide continuity of operation of the system based upon the existing solution in which there has been significant prior investment.

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
22 Dec 2025
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