Tender: Great Western Railway Framework for Transport and Distribution Services — Courier, Heavy Haulage & Rolling Stock Component Transport

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Great Western Railway (GWR) is seeking suppliers to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot Framework Agreement for Transport and Distribution Services covering Courier and Freight Distribution, Transport of large or heavy traction and rolling stock components (GVW ≤ 44 tonnes), and Heavy Haulage including Abnormal Indivisible Load Transport. The procurement is advertised and run by First Greater Western Limited on its own behalf and on behalf of a successor operator (expected to be a public sector company wholly owned by DfT OLR Holdings and ultimately owned by the Secretary of State for Transport); if a transfer of operations occurs before contract award the successor operator may take on the contracting role, and contractual rights may be included to enable transfer thereafter. No guarantee is given of volume, frequency or value of services, and appointment to the Framework does not confer exclusivity, minimum spend, minimum volume, minimum order, capacity reservation or any obligation to award call-off contracts.