Neville Hill 195 Heavy Maintenance Outline Designs

Buyer
Northern Trains Ltd
Value
£2,100,000
Closes
23 November 2026
Where
York, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Northern Trains is looking for a design consultant to plan a new maintenance facility for its 195 train fleet at the Neville Hill depot in Leeds. The work covers feasibility studies and options appraisals so that Northern can choose one preferred layout before detailed design begins. The estimated value is £2.1 million.

What the buyer wants

• Feasibility assessments and options appraisals for each element of the facility, including layout, operational constraints, engineering infrastructure, electrified track access, movement control, walkways and lighting. • A single recommended option, with supporting evidence, to take forward to the design stage. • Services delivered under a JCT Consultancy Agreement, with the contract possibly transferred to another rail operator or parent company later.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Most small businesses would be ruled out by the lack of rail depot engineering experience, the need for very high professional indemnity insurance cover, and the scale of a £2.1 million contract that would require a team able to deliver rail-specific engineering design.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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