Notice Information
Notice Title
Leasing of Rail Wagons
Notice Description
Leasing of Rail Wagons
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Dynamic Purchasing System has been developed to provide a compliant route to market to lease two different styles of rail wagons. Category 1 - 'Flatbed' wagons - This enables the Contracting Authority to lease all kinds of wagons like the following non exhaustive list: S70, IKA, IDA, etc.... Category 2 - Box Style Wagons - this will enable the Contracting Authority to lease all kinds of wagons like the following non-exhaustive list: JNAt, JNA, etc....
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03e173
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076612-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34621000 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
34621100 - Railway freight wagons
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Apr 20305 years to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 10 Apr 2022 - 10 Apr 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DIRECT RAIL SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Tom Crowe
- Contact Email
- tom.crowe@ntsglobal.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1925986418
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARLISLE
- Postcode
- CA6 4SJ
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Dalston and Burgh
- Westminster Constituency
- Carlisle
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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