Quick answer — FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITEDLast refreshed 05 Jun 2026

At a glance

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED has awarded £48.4m across 4 suppliers, with 46 live contracts.

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

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration88%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now41
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 75 published notices and 5 awards on PublicSupply.

75
Notices published
5
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£6.6m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

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

services59 · £458.9m
goods13 · £152.4m
Unspecified3 · £48.4m

Instrument type

contract75 · £659.7m
Source:Find a Tender: 75

Awarded contracts · 46 live

All contracts with a published award notice where FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
First Cyber Security Tooling & Managed Services Tender48730000£3.4mest.active
First Avanti West Coast Contract for Maintenance and Support of Automatic Passenger Gate SystemsCUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED£18.3mpending
First Greater Western Limited Contract for Maintenance and Support of Automatic Passenger Gate SystemsCUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED£24.2mpending
FRH - AWC Train Planning Software & Services Tender48140000£1.4mest.active
Provision of Services relating to Non-hazardous waste removal and waste segregation services90513000complete
Property Projects Consultancy Framework71200000complete
GWR - Provision of Maintenance & Support for Ticket Vending MachinesSCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED£6.0mpending
First Group Mobile Telephony, Services and Devicesactive
First Group IT Hardware Servicesactive
First Group Service Desk Managed Service Procurement Tenderactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CT
£42.4m
88% of total
2
SB
£6.0m
12% of total
3
NA
1 contract
£0
0% of total
4
IU
1 contract
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
39 contracts
£167.1m
26%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£145.0m
22%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£119.6m
18%
Transport services
4 contracts
£109.7m
17%
Sewage, waste, environment
6 contracts
£72.0m
11%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£18.0m
3%
Repair & maintenance
4 contracts
£13.0m
2%
Architecture, engineering
2 contracts
£7.2m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
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Sept
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Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Other
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Transport services
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
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 · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Companies House
05154485
Contact
Sabrina Pattenden
Email
sabrina.pattenden@firstrail.com

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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