Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b8f-7059-739e-b5ef-b2ed892305a6/contract-for-transpennine-express-rail-services-currently-operated-by-first-tra pending GB direct award procedure # Contract for TransPennine Express rail Services. Currently operated by First TransPennine Express Ltd [Department for Transport](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-transport) Often single bidder Pays 97% within 30 days Estimated value Not stated Published 15 Mar 2022 Deadline Rolling deadline ## About this tender The start date will commence between 1 April 2023 and 28 May 2023. The 96-month duration comprises a core term of 4 years with up to a further 4 years entirely at the Secretary of State for Transport's discretion. It is terminable at any time after the core term with a minimum of 3 months' notice. A key feature of this direct award will be an obligation to: - support delivery of the Trans Pennine Route Upgrade (TRU) programme - comply with, support, stand behind and drive the delivery of both rail services and workforce reform The length of the direct award is intended to ensure service and stewardship continuity, given the scale and complexity of the planned TRU infrastructure programme. The latter would benefit from having a single operating company to deliver a partner role during the most disruptive phases of programme delivery, to reduce the risk of delay or increased cost introduced by going out to competition and changing owning group at a critical time of programme delivery. ## CPV classification Railway transport services Public transport services by railways Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0321c1-2022-03-15T10:27:00Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-0321c1-2022-03-15T10:27:00Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department for Transport: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-transport) [Sector More Transport services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/transport-services) ## More tenders like this [Public road transport services – Обществен превоз на пътници по автобусни линии от утвърдените общинска и областна транспортна схема от квотата на Община Болярово по обособени позиции · ОБЩИНА БОЛЯРОВО · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-cce6-722c-8b81-3fb338df4c16/bulgaria-public-road-transport-services-obshhestven-prevoz-na-pietnici-po-avtob) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Freigestellter Schülerverkehr 2026 - Los 1 (32 Teillose) · Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald - Der Landrat · 31 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-705c-730e-9638-a182878a38db/germany-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-freigestellter-sch) [Public road transport services – Διακήρυξη Ανοικτού Δημόσιου Διαγωνισμού για την ανάθεση του αποκλειστικού δικαιώματος εκτέλεσης δημόσιων τακτικών \[αστικών / υπεραστικών\] οδικών μεταφορών επιβατών με λεωφορεία στην Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων με σύμβαση παραχώρησης δημόσιας υπηρεσίας σύμφωνα με τον Κανονισμό 1370/2007 ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΥΠΟΔΟΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ 34 days left 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7386-725f-9e3d-7aac2f9800da/greece-public-road-transport-services-diakiriksi-anoiktou-dimosioy-diaghonismo) [Public road transport services – 7. Vergabeverfahren 2026 (Regiobus Telfs) · Verkehrsverbund Tirol GesmbH · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7d90-70a9-b2c1-026905abc450/austria-public-road-transport-services-7-vergabeverfahren-2026-regiobus-te) [Aerial and related services – Flugzieldarstellung Learjet · Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr · 38 days left · 26 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6734-7381-b767-cb7cf02aaa43/germany-aerial-and-related-services-flugzieldarstellung-learjet) [Shipping operations – Prestations de collecte en mer et de transfert des sargasses fraîches, sur le territoire de la Martinique · GIP Sargasses - Prévention et Gestion des Sargasses en Martinique · 39 days left · 27 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-72d9-7111-963d-9bc3b2beabd5/france-shipping-operations-prestations-de-collecte-en-mer-et-de-transfert-de)