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Northern Trains Ltd

Newton Heath RSS Feasibility

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71241000
Value£408k
Deadline24 Nov 2025
Published24 Oct 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 24 Oct 2025ClosedCloses 24 Nov 2025
Who to contact
Amber Darby-Lunn
Amber.Darby-Lunn@northernrailway.co.uk
07703676861

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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£408ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

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The brief

Assessments of Newton Heath's current capacity and capabilities show significant constraints that would prevent the planned timetable for new trains being achieved.

5 key issues have been identified and this project is proposed to evaluate the feasibility and define the optimum option to resolve these issues.

This lays the foundation for future design and construction projects to be established upon completion of this feasibility and option selection project.

In order to identify the optimum solution to address the issues identified at Newton Heath above, a feasibility and option selection project is required.

An external supplier will be procured to produce the following deliverables: Survey strategy and reports from specific surveys.

Risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies log.

Compliance with safety and design assurance requirements.

Overall feasibility report including constructability assessment and concept design.

Options identification report containing appraisal of possible options.

Single option agreement in principle - define the preferred single option for each scheme and obtain agreement in principle with stakeholders.

Preliminary design - multidisciplinary design of the selected single option.

Design specification of requirements for inclusion in the ITT pack for design stage.

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 with a single supplier to carry out a feasibility study on Newton Heath Depot.

The nature of the arrangement is that 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 Limited 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 E-Sourcing Portal at: To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/88DQ38F3QZ To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=980400361

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Where used throughout this notice, the meaning

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:.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
068228-2025
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