Tender

Provision of Railway Estates Management Services: Retail, Commercial and Occupations

FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED

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Tender

15 Feb 2022 at 14:12

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited, who is seeking to appoint an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy for the provision of Railway Estates Management Services: Retail, Commercial and Occupations. This tender falls under the real estate services category and is located within the UK. Currently in the active tender stage, interested parties must submit their applications by 18th March 2022. The estimated contract value is approximately £3.1 million, with an initial contract period of three years, potentially extending to July 2026.

This opportunity presents significant prospects for growth, especially for businesses specialising in real estate management, consultancy, and those with experience in the railway sector. Companies that can enhance rental income and improve customer service through capital and tenant investments will be particularly well-suited to compete. The broad scope of the estate, encompassing over 700 properties with diverse commercial tenancies, further indicates a substantial market potential for successful bidders.

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Notice Title

Provision of Railway Estates Management Services: Retail, Commercial and Occupations

Notice Description

FirstRail Holdings (FRH) is looking to appoint an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy to drive and deliver both higher rental income returns by increasing the rent roll and substantial customer service improvements through capital and tenant investment. Our built stations estate (which encompasses all property within our Leases including station buildings, car parks and other land and property.) The scope of this requirement covers the provision of an estate management services provider for Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express Train Operating Contracts (TOCs). Please note that First Transpennine Express (TPE) is included within this tender as an optional "add on", however there is no guarantee that this TOC will be included in the final contract award. FRH reserve the right to include TPE and the associated service offering from the successful bidder at any point or not at all over the duration of the contract term utilising this tendering process.

Lot Information

Lot 1

FirstRail Holdings (FRH) is looking to appoint an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy to drive and deliver both higher rental income returns by increasing the rent roll and substantial customer service improvements through capital and tenant investment. Our built stations estate (which encompasses all property within our Leases including station buildings, car parks and other land and property.) The scope of this requirement covers the provision of an estate management services provider for Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express Train Operating Contracts (TOCs). Please note that First Transpennine Express (TPE) is included within this tender as an optional "add on", however there is no guarantee that this TOC will be included in the final contract award. FRH reserve the right to include TPE and the associated service offering from the successful bidder at any point or not at all over the duration of the contract term utilising this tendering process. The estate comprises of over 700 properties providing a broad mix of retail, office, residential and other commercial tenancies held on a mixture of leases and licences. For the avoidance of doubt this excludes the management of station car parking and commercial advertising. The estate has generated a rental income to these FirstGroup TOCs of approximately PS13.7m per annum pre-Covid pandemic, and budgeted income of PS10.8m per annum year ending March 2023. The proposed contract would be for an initial 3-year period up to 24th July 2025 with an option to extend for a further year up to July 2026. The estimated value of the contract is expected to be approximately in the range of PS2,456,764 and PS4,176,500 excluding VAT for the full 4 years of the contract (this includes the optional one-year extension for all four TOCs). The anticipated range excluding TPE is in anticipated to be in the range of PS2,292,547 - PS3,897,330.92.

Options: 3 year initial term contract, with the option to extend by an additional 12 months, subject to approvals.

Renewal: There is an optional 12 month extension on this contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-031759
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004285-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services


CPV Codes

70000000 - Real estate services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,100,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Feb 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
18 Mar 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED
Additional Buyers

FIRST GREATER WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED

FIRST MTR SOUTH WESTERN TRAINS LIMITED

FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED

Contact Name
Sabrina Hollingum
Contact Email
sabrina.hollingum@firstrail.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
W2 1AF
Post Town
West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Hyde Park
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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