Stale Pre-tender

Class 397 Heavy Overhaul Partner

Details

Value
£6,000,000
Topic
Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
Published
5 June 2026
Submission
27 July 2026

Tender description

TransPennine Trains ('TPT') operates a fleet of 12 Class 397 EMU trains along the UK West Coast Main Line rail network. Having had their initial overhaul in 2026, additional overhaul activities will fall due 2028 - 2030. TPT is seeking a supply chain partner to deliver these overhaul services, including but not limited to provision of an service delivery location to deliver services, transport of units from home depot to proposed service delivery location, undertaking of overhaul services across full fleet, and co-ordination with the OEM for overhaul materials delivery management. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Railway-maintenance-or-service-vehicles%2C-and-railway-freight-wagons./26AB2J3NR5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/26AB2J3NR5

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published5 June 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

TransPennine Trains Limited operates TransPennine Express, a passenger train service linking Manchester and Liverpool with Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Department for Transport's Operator of Last Resort has run the services since 28 May 2023. A 2023 notice covered a Class 397 train services agreement. A separate procurement sought a new trains maintenance and depots solution. The procurement department is based in Manchester.

Over the past 5 years, most of TransPennine Trains Limited's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, transport equipment and financial and insurance services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34621000 · Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
  • 34621200 · Railway maintenance or service vehicles
  • 60200000 · Railway transport services

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