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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

Untitled document

Not provided

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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