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Neville Hill 195 Heavy Maintenance Outline Designs

Northern Trains Limited

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21 Oct 2026 at 17:47

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Northern Trains Ltd is seeking outline designs and feasibility work for a facility at Neville Hill to maintain its Class 195 train fleet. The work will assess how the maintenance requirements can be accommodated, including the site layout and operational constraints, engineering infrastructure standards, electrified roads, train movement control, walkways, lighting and supporting works. The supplier must carry out feasibility assessments and appraise options for each element, enabling Northern’s stakeholders to select a preferred option to take forward to design. The procurement is for design and feasibility services, rather than construction of the facility. The work concerns Neville Hill in Leeds, in the north of England.

Northern Trains invited offers through an open procedure. The tender submission and enquiry deadline set by the buyer was 23 November 2026 at 16:00 UTC. The estimated decision date was 1 March 2027. The contract period runs from 18 March 2027 to 18 January 2028. The estimated contract value is £2.1 million excluding VAT (£2.52 million including VAT). There is one lot, and the opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. Evaluation is weighted 60% on quality, 30% on price and 10% on social value. The intended arrangement is for new services under a JCT Consultancy Agreement.

This opportunity is suited to consultancy and engineering design businesses able to assess rail maintenance facilities and develop outline design options. Suppliers will need to consider how maintenance operations fit the site’s layout and constraints, and address railway engineering infrastructure, electrified roads and movement control. Capability in planning supporting facilities such as walkways and lighting is also relevant. The work calls for both feasibility assessment and options appraisal across the facility’s elements, with findings clear enough to support the client’s choice of a single option for further design. The buyer’s scoring places the greatest emphasis on quality, while also assessing price and social value, so bidders should be prepared to demonstrate the strength of their proposed technical approach and the social value they can deliver.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Neville Hill 195 Heavy Maintenance Outline Designs

Notice Description

Northern Trains Ltd, is a Train Operating Company (TOC) that operates passenger rail services in the North of England. Northern Trains Ltd is publishing this notice to establish a contract for the designs at Neville Hill for the 195 Maintenance. This project is proposed to evaluate how a facility for carrying out the 195 fleet maintenance requirements can be provided at NL. This will also need to consider operational constraints and layout, engineering infrastructure standards, electrified roads, movement control at NL, and walkways, lighting and other supporting works. A feasibility assessment and options appraisal will be delivered for each element, to enable Northern stakeholders to select the optimum single option which will be recommended to progress to design stage. For further information please see ITT Part 2- Workscope. The nature of the arrangement is that new services will be supplied under a JCT Consultancy Agreement. Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway: under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body. The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts. Novation or Assignment The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance. Other Information Northern Trains Ltd expressly reserves the right: not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the DELTA at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5F5RP2VK6C To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5F5RP2VK6C

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078d5a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099712-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

22 - Printed matter and related products

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

22314000 - Designs

79314000 - Feasibility study

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,100,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,100,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
23 Nov 20264 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
18 Mar 2027 - 18 Jan 2028 6-12 months
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
Northern Trains Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
YORK
Postcode
YO1 6JT
Postcode Area
York
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE21 York
Delivery Location
TLE42 Leeds
Local Authority
York
Electoral Ward
Micklegate
Westminster Constituency
York Central

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