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
- Supplier
- Hitachi Rail UK Limited
- Value
- £1,600,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Railway maintenance or service vehicles (CPV 34621200)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 093002-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published1 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
Due to delays in the introduction of its new intercity rolling stock, East Midlands Railway is extending the lease of its incumbent Class 222 fleet and therefore requires the continued provision of maintenance and engineering support services for its Class 222 fleet. The scope of services includes scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, technical engineering support, fleet reliability activities and associated services necessary to ensure the continued safe and effective operation of the fleet. The contract is required to maintain continuity of maintenance provision at Etches Park depot where the maintenance of the fleet has been carried out for a number of years and is embedded within depot operations and avoid disruption to passenger rail services whilst longer-term arrangements are implemented. The services support fleet availability, operational performance, safety compliance and the ongoing delivery of passenger services.
About the supplier
Hitachi Rail UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 16386216).