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Awarded · ResultStage · award

FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED

Provision of FOC driver and PIC services

R&DCPV 60200000
Value£1.5m
Awarded
Published26 Jun 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
GB RAILFREIGHT LIMITED
Awarded value£1.5m

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
procurement@gwr.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

An immediate requirement has been identified for the provision of cl80x including Automatic Train Protection (ATP) competent Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers who are trained to Great Western Railway (GWR) standards.

The FOC Drivers are required over 17 days to provide driving services to GWR for the management and servicing of its rolling stock to/from off network locations as mitigations to planned perturbation.

In addition to driving services, there is also a requirement for Person in Charge (PICs) to work with the Drivers and operate off network facilities/locations on behalf of GWR.

To ensure GWR can deliver for its customers, the route learning for the FOC Drivers must commence no later than August 2025.

A tender will be published shortly for future requirements.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The FOC Drivers are required over 17

The FOC Drivers are required over 17 days to provide driving services to GWR for the management and servicing of its rolling stock to/from off network locations as mitigations to planned perturbation.

02

To ensure GWR can deliver for its

To ensure GWR can deliver for its customers, the route learning for the FOC Drivers must commence no later than August 2025.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055465
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
035497-2025
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