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Caledonian Sleeper Limited

Seat Refresh Project

Clothing & TextilesCPV 19243000
Value£350k
Deadline27 Jul 2026
Published26 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Jun 20264 days leftCloses 27 Jul 2026
Who to contact
KAREN MARY ROGERS
procurement@caledoniansleeper.scot
+44 3300600500

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£350ktotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£6.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Leather, Textile & Plastic Materials band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 282 valued Leather, Textile & Plastic Materials tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Caledonian Sleeper Limited (CSL) is seeking proposals from suitably qualified suppliers for the provision of replacement seat upholstery fabric for passenger seating, including armrest fabric installed within the Caledonian Sleeper fleet.

The objective is to replace the existing seat upholstery fabric whilst maintaining compliance with current railway fire safety, smoke emission and passenger seating standards applicable to Operational Category 3 sleeper vehicles.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bdcc
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060168-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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