Award

Station External Painting 2025/28

FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

01 Aug 2025 at 12:13

Tender

16 May 2025 at 08:47

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process led by First Greater Western Limited, a private utility entity located in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, has reached the award stage for the "Station External Painting 2025/28" project. This open procedure targets painting work at railway stations across the Great Western Railway network with a project value of £9,000,000. The main industry category is works, specifically encompassing painting and paint-stripping tasks. The contract, awarded to Bell Group Ltd, covers a three-year period beginning on 8th September 2025, with two possible one-year extensions, culminating in a potential five-year term. The procurement focused on the UKK regions, with its award notice published on 1st August 2025 and the standstill period concluding on 13th August 2025.

This procurement opportunity offers significant potential for business growth, especially for large firms specialising in building and decorative services. Companies with expertise in the painting of metal, wood, and plaster work, and those capable of handling extensive renovation projects will find this tender suitable. The project's rolling programme aims to complete renewals at approximately 40 stations annually, providing a consistent workload. Organisations with strong case studies, financial stability, and technical prowess in similar large-scale works could capitalise on this contract to leverage and expand their service capabilities within the utilities sector.

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Notice Title

Station External Painting 2025/28

Notice Description

The provision of external painting at Railway Stations across the Great Western Railway network. Works include cleaning and preparing previously painted surfaces, including metal, woodwork, brick, rendered and plastered surfaces. This is delivered through a rolling programme of renewals over a 5-year period with an aspiration to complete an average of 40 stations per annum. The contract term including extensions will be: 3 years initial term with the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years = 5 years total contract lifetime.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The proposed contract term including extensions will be: 3 years initial term with the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years = 5 years total contract lifetime.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051551
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045211-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work


CPV Codes

45442100 - Painting work

45442110 - Painting work of buildings

45442190 - Paint-stripping work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£9,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£9,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£9,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
10 Jun 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Jul 20256 months ago
Contract Period
7 Sep 2025 - 7 Aug 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@gwr.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WILTSHIRE
Postcode
SN1 1HL
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
TLI London, TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Swindon South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BELL GROUP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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