Quick answer — FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITEDLast refreshed 14 May 2026

At a glance

FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED has awarded £275.1m across 8 suppliers, with 42 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 94% · 37 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£259.8m) · SME share 38% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration94%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share38%
Pipeline · open now37
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 61 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

61
Notices published
10
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£274.8m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£71m£143m£214m£286mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

37

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£259.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services41 · £527.2m
Unspecified7 · £273.1m
goods13 · £59.9m

Instrument type

contract61 · £860.2m
Source:Find a Tender: 61

Awarded contracts · 42 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Retail Estate Management Services55900000£1.1mest.active
First Cyber Security Tooling & Managed Services Tender48730000£3.4mest.active
Provision of an end-to-end Catering ServicesDHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED£259.8m14 May 2026pending
Provision of Retail Estate Management Services55900000£1.1mest.active
Estate Managementcancelled
Local Information Control Centre (LICC)WORLDLINE IT SERVICES UK LIMITED£253kpending
RFI - TRAIN OPERATIONS OPTIMISATION AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SUITE48100000planning
AWC Station & Accommodation Cleaning, Washroom Services, and Vegetation ManagementCARLISLE CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED£12.4m03 Mar 2026pending
Estate Management55900000£1.1mest.active
Provision of Uniforms at Avanti West Coast18222000£5.5mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DS
1 contract · 14 May
£259.8m
94% of total
New
2
CC
£12.4m
5% of total
New
3
HH
1 contract · SME · 04 Nov
£2.0mest.
1% of total
New
4
MS
1 contract · SME · 19 Dec
£608k
0% of total
New
5
WI
£253k
0% of total
6
TG
£0
0% of total
7
SR
£0
0% of total
8
TT
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
31 contracts
£373.3m
65%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
4 contracts
£122.9m
21%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£32.0m
6%
Clothing, footwear
3 contracts
£23.5m
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£11.9m
2%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£4.2m
1%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£3.7m
1%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£1.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
2
1
12
260
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Clothing, footwear
Sewage, waste, environment
Software packages, IT
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

38%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
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
UKI32
Companies House
10349442
Contact
Ruchiie Sehdev
Email
procurement@avantiwestcoast.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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