GWR - Provision of Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers, Person in Charge (PIC) and Shunters to support GWR in delivering passenger mitigations during planned perturbation.
The tender will be split into separate lots, those submitting bids, can bid on individual lots, all lots and can also submit a bid against lot/s as a joint venture. Any joint submissions must clearly define which operator is doing what. No sub-contracting is permitted once relevant contract has been awarded. An overview is provided below of all the requirements and how the bids will be divided into sections. The lots have been divided into 7 categories: - Lot 1 - Passenger Diversions (80x and Night Riviera (cl.57 a...
Buyer
FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED
Value
£16,000,000
Published
1 May 2026
Closes
10 Jun 2026
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Swindon
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
60200000
Railway transport services
Lots
Lot 1 Passenger Diversions
£8,800,000
Passenger Diversions (80x and Night Riviera (cl.57 and Mk3 coaches)) and associated Empty Coaching Stock (ECS) moves to/from LNP via WLL, via GWML & South West Sidings (SWS), and Reading Train Care Depot (RTCD).
Delivery: UKG · United Kingdom, UKI · United Kingdom, UKJ · United Kingdom, UKK · United Kingdom, UKL · United Kingdom
Lot 2 Electric/hybrid loco plus Driver
£1,200,000
Electric/hybrid loco plus Driver (with 1000v Electric Train Supply (ETS))
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Lot 3 387s/Heathrow Express (HEx) units
£1,200,000
London North Pole 387s/Heathrow Express (HEx) units
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Lot 4 Fairwater Yard
£1,200,000
Fairwater Yard PIC and FOC
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Lot 5 South Marston & HOOB
£1,200,000
South Marston and High Output Operations Base (HOOB) (if required)
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Lot 6 Didcot Railway
£1,200,000
Didcot Railway Centre (DRC)
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Lot 7 Reading Upper Triangle
£1,200,000
Reading Upper Triangle - Please see specification document
Delivery: UKK · United Kingdom
Documents
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Bidding documents
Tender notice on Find a Tender
1 May 2026
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Tender notice · UK4 · Web page
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
23 Sept 2025
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Market engagement notice · UK2 · Web page
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