Quick answer — GA TRAINS LIMITEDLast refreshed 31 Oct 2025

At a glance

GA TRAINS LIMITED has awarded £7.7m across 4 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 52% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 17% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration52%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share17%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

GA TRAINS LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 12 published notices and 6 awards on PublicSupply.

12
Notices published
6
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.9m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
GA TRAINS LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

goods4 · £13.1m
Unspecified5 · £7.7m
services3 · £0

Instrument type

contract12 · £20.8m
Source:Find a Tender: 12

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where GA TRAINS LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Train Data Connectivity & Passenger Wifi Replacement 202632412100£6.5mest.planned
Supply of food and drink for consumption on board trains15821200£2.6mest.active
Provision of Recruitment ServicesAlexander Mann Solutions Limitedactive
Provision of catering (food) supplies for on-board catering offer15000000£2.7mest.planning
Lease Vehicle Fleet34100000£1.3mest.planning
Forklift Trucks for Norwich Crown Point DepotTOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING UK LIMITED£134k31 Oct 2025active
Mobile Devices Managed Service30000000complete
Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and tradeRE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITED£1.8m01 Oct 2025pending
Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and trade.RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITED£1.8mpending
Rail Operating system and Software supportWORLDLINE IT SERVICES UK LIMITED£2.0m26 Sept 2025pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WI
2 contracts · 26 Sept
£4.0m
52% of total
New
2
RI
2 contracts · SME · 01 Oct
£3.6m
46% of total
New
3
TM
£134k
2% of total
New
4
AM
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
6 contracts
£7.7m
37%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£6.5m
31%
Food, beverages, tobacco
2 contracts
£5.2m
25%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£1.3m
6%

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
2
Radio, TV, communications
Food, beverages, tobacco
Transport equipment, vehicles
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.

GA TRAINS 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.

17%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 17% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
12544897
Contact
Zoe Kearns
Email
procurement@dftoperator.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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