Quick answer — THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITEDLast refreshed 02 Mar 2026

At a glance

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED has awarded £680.2m across 13 suppliers, with 47 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 88% · 41 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 53% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 4 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration88%
Modifications · 90 d4
SME spend share53%
Pipeline · open now41
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKC23. Tracks 86 published notices and 16 awards on PublicSupply.

86
Notices published
16
Awards
13
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£307.1m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.9m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£83m£165m£248m£330mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

14

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

41

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

goods26 · £1.3bn
Unspecified13 · £612.2m
services38 · £186.4m
works9 · £113.0m

Instrument type

contract79 · £2.2bn
call off7 · £60.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 85Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 47 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Rolling stock filters34631000£840kest.active
On-train Wi-Fi support services and Customer landing pageICOMERA UK LIMITED£2.5mpending
Train Services Agreement Class 68 Locomotives & Mk5A Coaches34610000planning
Depot & Facilities Requirement For The Long Term Maintenance Of Class 68 Locomotives & Mk5A Coaches34610000planning
Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement Mk5a Materials & Materials Management34610000planning
Class 68 Lead Train Services Agreement Provider34610000planning
Radio Equipment HireRADIO SYSTEMS LIMITED£700k02 Mar 2026pending
Class 68 Lead Train Services Agreement Provider34610000planning
Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement Mk5a Materials & Materials Management34610000planning
Depot & Facilities Requirement For The Long Term Maintenance Of Class 68 Locomotives & Mk5A Coaches34610000planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
BR
£600.0m
88% of total
New
2
SR
£60.0mest.
9% of total
3
SR
£3.8mest.
1% of total
4
FT
£2.9m
0% of total
5
DC
2 contracts · SME · 02 Feb
£2.7m
0% of total
New
6
IU
1 contract · SME
£2.5m
0% of total
7
MF
£2.5mest.
0% of total
New
8
KO
1 contract · SME
£1.3m
0% of total
913
···
5 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£4.4m
1% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Repair & maintenance
7 contracts
£1.3bn
58%
Other
36 contracts
£755.3m
34%
Construction works
6 contracts
£81.9m
4%
Construction materials
4 contracts
£27.2m
1%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£25.0m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£20.0m
1%
Transport equipment, vehicles
14 contracts
£15.3m
1%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£15.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Repair & maintenance
Other
300
1
1
1
3
1
1
Construction works
Construction materials
Support transport services
Sewage, waste, environment
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 4 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 4 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

53%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
13
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKC23
Companies House
03007939
Contact
Ian Norman
Email
ian.norman@chilternrailways.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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