Section one: Competent authority
one.1) Name and addresses
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
Great Minster House,33 Horseferry Road
LONDON
SW1P 4DR
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI32 - Westminster
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the competent authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Contract for lnterCity East Coast rail passenger services. Currently operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER) under DfT OLR Holdings Limited (DOHL).
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 60200000 - Railway transport services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
Areas covered by the public transport services:
Rail transport services
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60210000 - Public transport services by railways
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
he Intercity East Coast rail passenger services link London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, North East England and Scotland.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Contract for provision of intercity rail passenger services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between:
(a) London and Edinburgh. Some services are extended to Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness
(b) London and Leeds. Some services are extended to Bradford, Skipton and Harrogate
(c) London and York. Some services are extended to Middlesbrough
(d) London and Hull
(e) London and Lincoln
(f) London and Newcastle
There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated under the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) services contract.
A direct award is now envisaged, in line with the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023 No. 1369).
two.2.7) Envisaged start date and the duration of the contract
Start date
22 June 2025
Duration in months
60
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Type of procedure
Direct award for railway transport
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Additional information
It is anticipated that the contract will include a core period of at least 2 years with discretion for the Secretary of State to determine whether, and if so to what extent, the contract will continue beyond that core term, subject to a maximum contract period of 5 years in total.
The competent authority reserves the right not to proceed with the direct award as envisaged or to use an alternative method to procure an operator for the contract.
This pre-award publication is published by the competent authority under Regulation 22 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023 No. 1369), and relates to a direct award of a public service contract concerning transport by rail under Regulation 17(1) of those Regulations. The competent authority reserves the right to amend this notice at any point before the relevant day (as defined in Regulation 22(2) of those Regulations), and to publish a rectification where required to do so.