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Direct Rail Services

Leasing of Rail Wagons

Transport EquipmentCPV 34621100
Value£10.0m
Deadline10 Apr 2030
Published26 Apr 2022
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Apr 20221356 days leftCloses 10 Apr 2030
Who to contact
Tom Crowe
Tom.crowe@ntsglobal.uk
+44 1925986418

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Contract value in context
£10.0mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£10.8m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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....

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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This Dynamic Purchasing System has been developed

This Dynamic Purchasing System has been developed to provide a compliant route to market to lease two different styles of rail wagons.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03305e
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
010688-2022
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