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Heaton TRU Upgrades Designs

Details

Value
£163,000
Topic
Designs
Published
13 October 2026
Submission
9 November 2026in 4 weeks

Tender description

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 for the designs at Heaton Train Care Centre for TRU. This project requires the development of designs to accepted for construction (AFC) status for the proposed enhancements at Heaton TCC. The successful tenderer shall be appointed as the Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (2015) and undertake all required duties of this role. The appointed supplier will be responsible for producing and developing the design to AFC status for the scope of items included in this document and supporting tender package. This will include production of Inspection and Test Plans (ITP), Designer’s Risk Assessment (DRA), and Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA). For further details please see Heaton TRU Work scope within this tender package. The nature of the arrangement is that new 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 Ltd 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 at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/446C6938M7 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/446C6938M7

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published13 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date9 November 2026in 4 weeks

About the buyer

Northern Trains Ltd operates passenger rail services across the North of England as a publicly owned local transport organisation. DfT Operator has run the company since Northern returned to public ownership in March 2020. All active tendering opportunities are advertised through Delta, the company's e-tendering portal. Suppliers of safety-critical goods, works and services register on RISQS to gain audited status. Crown Commercial Service and Achilles Link Up frameworks are also recognised routes into the supply chain. A published pipeline lists upcoming tendering opportunities for engineering, construction and safety-critical projects each year.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Northern Trains Ltd's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 22314000 · Designs
  • 79314000 · Feasibility study

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