Neville Hill 195 Heavy Maintenance Outline Designs

What the buyer is asking for

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 Neville Hill for the 195 Maintenance. This project is proposed to evaluate how a facility for carrying out the 195 fleet maintenance requirements can be provided at NL. This will also need to consider operational constraints and layout, engineering infrastructure standards, electrified roads, movement control at NL, and walkways, lighting and other supporting works. A feasibility assessment and options appraisal will be delivered for each element, to enable Northern stakeholders to select the optimum single option which will be recommended to progress to design stage. For further information please see ITT Part 2- Workscope. 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/5F5RP2VK6C To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5F5RP2VK6C

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published16 days ago

   21 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 17 days

   23 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 17 days

   23 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 115 days

   1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT

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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice21 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST099712-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender