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Passenger service contracts (PSCs) will replace rail passenger franchising.
Invitation to tender documentation for the South Eastern rail passenger franchise.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the Essex Thameside rail services contract.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of Great Western National Rail contract.
LSER final penalty notice for contraventions of franchise agreements entered into with the Secretary of State for Transport.
Prior information notice (PIN) for a new contract for Northern Trains Ltd from March 2022.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of TransPennine Express rail services contract.
Notice for the launch of pre-procurement market engagement on rail passenger service contracts (PSCs).
Sets out how the Department for Transport will enforce measures in rail franchise agreements.
Preview issued to inform potential bidders about the passenger service contracts (PSCs) market engagement day in November 2021.
Notice of a penalty on LSER for contraventions of franchise agreements entered into with the Secretary of State for Transport.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of West Coast Partnership National Rail contract (rectification).
Guidelines about the rail franchise competition process used by Department for Transport staff and advisers.
Membership of the panel advising the government operator on improving Northern Rail.
Details of a comprehensive forward timetable for the re-letting of a number of UK rail franchises.
Deapartment process for unsolicited franchise extension proposals.
Further information about the franchise competition high level process map.
A pre-route study report on the Brighton Main Line, its capacity challenges and options for improvements.
An Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for the rail franchising pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport.
Invitation to tender for suppliers interested in a 2015 specialist technical advice for rail (STAR) framework contract opportunity.
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