At a glance
Northern Trains Limited has awarded £1.0bn across 92 suppliers, with 219 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 61% · 75 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£11.5m) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 4 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Northern Trains Limited is a contracting authority, based in UKE21. Tracks 391 published notices and 226 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
70
Open (bidding)
75
Awarded (90d)
11
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 219 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Trains Limited is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Customer Information Solution Software, Support & Maintenance | — | 48100000 | — | — | planned |
| European Train Control Systems (ETCS) on Class 195 & 331 Fleets | — | 63711000 | — | — | planned |
| CCTV Broad Green | — | 45000000 | £200kest. | — | active |
| Northern Trains CSO Framework | — | 50221000 | — | — | planned |
| Class 170 SVRS Modifications | — | 34631000 | — | — | planned |
| Provision of Travel Safe Officers and Counter Terror Patrols | — | 79710000 | — | — | planned |
| Provision of Revenue Protection Services | — | 79710000 | — | — | planned |
| Provision of Alternative Transport Services (Rail Replacement) | — | 60100000 | — | — | planned |
| Heaton Wheel Lathe | — | 45000000 | £16.5mest. | — | planned |
| Heaton Enhanced reception road capacity | — | 45000000 | £14.5mest. | — | planned |
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 · 4 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
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.
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.
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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
- UKE21
- Companies House
- 03076444
- procurement@northernrailway.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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