Depot Rail Semi-Automatic Sand Pumping System for Class 398
Details
- Buyer
- Transport for Wales
- Supplier(s)
- Depot Rail Ltd
- Value
- £380,000
- Duration
- 9 months
- Topic
- Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts
- Published
- 1 October 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The requirement is to procure a Depot Rail Semi-Automatic Sand Pumping System for Class 398 train sanding examinations. The scope includes supplying, installing, and commissioning a system with 12 delivery points, a screw delivery mechanism, integrated dust suppression to eliminate silica dust exposure, and battery backup for operational reliability. The system will reduce examination times from 68 minutes (53 minutes for examination plus 15 minutes for unit movements) to 25 minutes plus 15 minutes for unit movement, aligning with the depot’s 40-minute throughput schedule and 5-day examination cycle for a 36-train fleet, servicing up to 8 trains per night ## Contract award Title: Depot Rail Semi-Automatic Sand Pumping System for Class 398
Timeline
- Completed: Award date30 September 2025
- Completed: Award published1 October 2025Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date30 June 2026
About the buyer
Transport for Wales runs and develops the country's rail, bus and active travel networks, buying as a central body with its own procurement and supply chain team. Every tender is advertised on Sell2Wales, the Welsh government's open tendering portal, where registration is free for suppliers. Above-threshold opportunities are also published on the UK government's Find a Tender Service. A dedicated procurement portal now carries every new tender opportunity. Pipeline notices and preliminary market engagement notices give suppliers early sight of contracts still to come. Procurement decisions follow the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Transport for Wales's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 34600000 · Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts
- 34610000 · Rail locomotives and tenders
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov |
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