Direct award of a Lease for Class 444/450 rolling stock
What the buyer wrote
Direct award of a contract of between 3 to 5 years in duration (which remains subject to settlement of commercial terms) for the leasing of 45 x 5 car units of Class 444 rolling stock and 127 x 4 car units of Class 450 rolling stock and related spares and special tools. The lease of the rolling stock is on the basis that the contracting authority (rather than the supplier) is responsible for all maintenance of the vehicles. The Lease also contains a right to transfer or sub-let the contract to certain third parties and an obligation for the supplier to enter into a direct agreement with the Secretary of State in parallel to the Lease. The direct agreement permits the Secretary of State to ca…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Direct award of a Lease for Class 444/450 rolling stock
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Work starts
- 24 May 2025
- Work ends
- 25 May 2030
- Where
- in London
Who the buyer named
The buyer published a contact address on this notice.