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.
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.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
3
Open (bidding)
2
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 8 live
All contracts with a published award notice where GA TRAINS LIMITED is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train Data Connectivity & Passenger Wifi Replacement 2026 | — | 32412100 | £6.5mest. | — | planned |
| Supply of food and drink for consumption on board trains | — | 15821200 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| Provision of Recruitment Services | Alexander Mann Solutions Limited | — | — | active | |
| Provision of catering (food) supplies for on-board catering offer | — | 15000000 | £2.7mest. | — | planning |
| Lease Vehicle Fleet | — | 34100000 | £1.3mest. | — | planning |
| Forklift Trucks for Norwich Crown Point Depot | TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING UK LIMITED | £134k | 31 Oct 2025 | active | |
| Mobile Devices Managed Service | — | 30000000 | — | — | complete |
| Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and trade | RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITED | £1.8m | 01 Oct 2025 | pending | |
| Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and trade. | RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITED | £1.8m | — | pending | |
| Rail Operating system and Software support | WORLDLINE IT SERVICES UK LIMITED | £2.0m | 26 Sept 2025 | pending |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
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
- 12544897
- Contact
- Zoe Kearns
- procurement@dftoperator.co.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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