Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Transpennine Trains Limited
Bridgewater House, 58-60 Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6LT
UK
Contact person: Procurement Department
Telephone: +44 3300954077
E-mail: procurement.services@tpexpress.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
I.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
New Trains Manufacturer
II.1.2) Main CPV code
34620000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Supply of rolling stock •A Manufacture and Supply Agreement (“MSA”), for the Train Manufacturer and Maintainer (“TMM”) to design, build, test and commission the selected option will be put in place with the successful Tenderer. An output scope formed part of the tender, providing the required key characteristics of the train, expected Contract Programme and the overall deliverability of the solution. Maintenance •Maintenance will be delivered under a Train Services Agreement (TSA), for the TMM to provide all train maintenance, servicing and refurbishment services. This will be under a dry lease structure, consistent with TPT’s operations. •Once in service, payment for services under the TSA will be adjusted to take account of, amongst other key performance indicators, the availability, reliability and performance of the fleet.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34622000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD36
UKM
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Greater Manchester North West,SCOTLAND,NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The scope of the services to be provided by the Tenderer awarded the Contract will include, but not be limited to, the following: Supply of rolling stock •A Manufacture and Supply Agreement (“MSA”), for the Train Manufacturer and Maintainer (“TMM”) to design, build, test and commission the selected option will be put in place with the successful Tenderer. An output scope formed part of the tender, providing the required key characteristics of the train, expected Contract Programme and the overall deliverability of the solution. Maintenance •Maintenance will be delivered under a Train Services Agreement (TSA), for the TMM to provide all train maintenance, servicing and refurbishment services.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
An initial contract term of 8 years from the date of acceptance of the first unit with the option to extend for (up to) an additional 96 months
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The technical criteria included several stages with a combination of pass/fail and scored criteria. Tenderers only passed the technical criteria where they passed all pass/fail criteria and met a minimum threshold for the scored criteria. There was therefore no specific overall weighting applied to the technical evaluation stage as a whole.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-626151
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: TPT 284
Title: New Trains Manufacturer
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/09/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alstom Engineering and Services Limited
02235994
Alstom, Litchurch Lane
Derby
DE24 8AD
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
GO Reference: GO-2026109-PRO-39040781
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
The Rolls Building, Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1NL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Transpennine Trains Limited
Bridgewater House, 58-60 Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6LT
UK
Telephone: +44 3300954077
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/10/2026