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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Transpennine Trains Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Alstom Transport UK Limited
- Value
- £34,168,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of rolling stock (CPV 50222000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 091588-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Sep 2026
- Published28 Sep 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Time extension to existing Class 397 TSA
About the supplier
Alstom Transport UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08462831).