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 Cross Country rail services. Currently operated by XC Trains Ltd
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)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
- UKL - Wales
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
Cross Country spans parts of England, Scotland and Wales, with its network centred at Birmingham New Street station; it serves both commuters and long-distance passengers. They serve the key cities of:
• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Cambridge
• Cardiff
• Edinburgh
• Leeds
• Manchester
• Newcastle
• Nottingham
• Oxford
• Plymouth
• Reading
• Sheffield
• Southampton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Contract for provision of commuter, regional and long-distance rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services will be substantially similar to those currently operated under the XC Trains Limited Rail Contract (dated 13 October 2020), but subject to route operating and Value for Money (VfM) review. It is envisaged the services would run between:
• Plymouth - Edinburgh via Leeds, with a limited service to and from Penzance - some services are extended to Glasgow via Motherwell and also to Dundee and Aberdeen;
• Reading - Newcastle via Doncaster;
• Bristol - Manchester;
• Bournemouth - Manchester via Coventry;
• Nottingham - Cardiff via Gloucester;
• Birmingham - Stansted Airport via Leicester and Peterborough; and
• Birmingham - Leicester local services.
A Direct Award is now envisaged, in line with the policy published in March 2013 issued further to Section 26 of the Railways Act 1993.II.1.4 (nature and quantity of services or indication of needs and requirements)
There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel on these rail services.
two.2.7) Envisaged start date and the duration of the contract
Start date
15 October 2023
Duration in months
96
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Type of procedure
Direct award for railway transport
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Additional information
The contract will be a core term of four years with available additional rail periods up to a maximum of eight years.