Buyer profile · Central government
Northern Trains Limited tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 24
- About one every 15 days
- Contracts awarded
- 28
- To 26 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £46.6m
- 15 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £930k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £641kestimated
- £2.1mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £375kestimated
- £550kestimated
- Value not stated
- £1.5mframework ceiling
- £19mframework ceiling
- £2.1mestimated
- Value not stated
- £300mframework ceiling
- £292kestimated
- £4mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)60%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Northern Trains Limited has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 33 days
- Longer than 74% of central government buyers
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 60%
- Higher than 70% of central government buyers
- Based on 42 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 27%
- Lower than 88% of central government buyers
- Based on 33 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- More than 59% of central government buyers
- Based on 11 awards
- Split into lots
- 4%
- Lower than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 24 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Lower than 61% of central government buyers
- Based on 42 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 24 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Northern Trains Limited: 33 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Northern Trains Limited: 5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Northern Trains Limited: 60%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Northern Trains Limited: 27%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Northern Trains Limited.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
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| Commercial Services - AiFA Schemes | Currie & Brown UK Limited | £198k | 15 Jan 2027 |