United KingdomOpen tenderKind of contract: Services
Heaton TRU Upgrades Designs
- Buyer
- Northern Trains Ltd · United Kingdom
- Posted
- 13 October 2026
- Deadline
- 9 November 2026
- Reference number
- 096651-2026
- CPV codes
- 22314000, 79314000
- Place of delivery
- UKC2 (United Kingdom)
In short
- Wanted: Packaging & printing.
- Estimated value: £163,000, as the notice states it.
- Buyer: Northern Trains Ltd, United Kingdom.
- Offers by 9 November 2026, 6 days left.
Can a company from Türkiye take part?
The buyer decides on Turkish bids
- The UK's Procurement Act protects only suppliers of treaty states, and Türkiye is not one: the buyer may exclude a Turkish bid.
Rests on: Procurement Act 2023, ss. 19(3)(b), 20(5), 89 and 90, Schedule 9
Guidance from the official rules, not legal advice: the tender documents decide.
Next step
Within the week: download the notice and its documents now, and complete what you are missing.
If taking part directly is unclear, go in with a partner or distributor in that country.
Documents to prepare
- Offers may be made electronically.
Read from the notice's own codes, not its text.
The full list of what to submit is in the tender documents at the source.
Market context
1 company in Türkiye fits this opportunity.
Items
| Item | Quantity | Codes |
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| Heaton TRU Upgrades Designs Northern Trains Ltd, is a Train Operating Company (TOC) that operates passenger rail services in the North of England. Northern Trains Ltd is publishing this notice to establish a contract for the designs at Heaton Train Care Centre for TRU. This project requires the development of designs to accepted for construction (AFC) status for the proposed enhancements at Heaton TCC. The successful tenderer shall be appointed as the Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (2015) and undertake all required duties of this role. The appointed supplier will be responsible for producing and developing the design to AFC status for the scope of items included in this document and supporting tender package. This will include production of Inspection and Test Plans (ITP), Designer’s Risk Assessment (DRA), and Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA). For further details please see Heaton TRU Work scope within this tender package. The nature of the arrangement is that new services will be supplied under a JCT Consultancy Agreement. Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway: under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or under, or secured under, the Secretary of State’s duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body. The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts. Novation or Assignment The contract may be novated or assigned by Northern Trains Ltd to Train Operating Companies | — | cpv:22314000, nace:18, nace:18.1, nace:58, nace:58.1, cpv:79314000, nace:73, nace:73.2 |