Provision of FOC driver and PIC services
This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.
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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.
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.
What the notice asks for
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.
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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- ocds-h6vhtk-055465
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- 035497-2025
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