Awarded contract

First Great Western Cornwall Area Service Improvements Funding Agreement

Details

Buyer: Cornwall Council
Supplier(s): First Greater Western Limited
Value: £4,500,000
Duration: 3 years
Published: 12 February 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

A funding arrangement under which Cornwall Council provides financial support to First Greater Western Limited (GWR) to enable the operation of additional passenger rail services between Newquay–Par and Par–Truro for a three-year period starting from the May 2026 timetable change.

Timeline

Completed: Award published12 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date2 April 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 May 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

Cornwall Council is a local authority with a central Commercial Services team that handles procurement and contract management.

A commercial pipeline sets out anticipated outsourcing by directorate over the next three to five years.

Over the past 5 years, most of Cornwall Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, education and training and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cornwall-council.gov