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title: "Station External Painting 2025/28"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-051551"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED"
published: "2025-08-01"
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# Station External Painting 2025/28

Buyer: FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051551

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045211-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Jun 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 7 Sep 2025 - 7 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £9,000,000 |
| Lots value | £9,000,000 |
| Awards value | £9,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED |
| Locality | WILTSHIRE |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN1 1HL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | TLI London, TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BELL GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45442100 - Painting work
- 45442110 - Painting work of buildings
- 45442190 - Paint-stripping work

## Release History

- 1 Aug 2025 at 12:13 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045211-2025
- 16 May 2025 at 08:47 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022035-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045211-2025
  1st August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022035-2025
  16th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/rTFNv
  Please follow this link to register your interest and gain access to the tender documentation. Link: http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/rTFNv Once you have registered your interest, a link to the tender will be sent via email which will enable you to submit your tender response and view the tender instructions & T&Cs.

## Notice URLs

- http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/Lpd7s
- http://www.bellgroup.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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