Notice Information
Notice Title
Rail Winterisation Services
Notice Description
CHILTERN is conducting this Procurement to select a supplier for the provision Rail Winterisation Services to railway platforms, car parks, walkways, over bridges, access paths, etc, at railway stations and depots, and associated public spaces, across the CHILTERN network from its central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. This Procurement also covers East West Railway from Oxford to Bletchley.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extensions will be granted dependent on the suppliers performance throughout the contract, including service level criteria.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058ba7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050325-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
24 - Chemical products
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
24951310 - De-icing agents
24951311 - Anti-freezing preparations
34144420 - Salt spreaders
44113910 - Winter-maintenance materials
63711000 - Support services for railway transport
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Oct 2025 - 30 Oct 2028 3-4 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
- THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- iain.alexander@chilternrailways.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SUNDERLAND
- Postcode
- SR3 3XP
- Post Town
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC44 Sunderland
- Delivery Location
- TLG3 West Midlands, TLI3 Inner London - West, TLI7 Outer London - West and North West, TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Sunderland
- Electoral Ward
- Doxford
- Westminster Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050325-2025
20th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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