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Quick answer — Northern Trains LtdLast refreshed 04 Sept 2023

At a glance

Northern Trains Ltd has awarded £3.8m across 8 suppliers, with 2 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 15% · 1 open notice 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 concentration15%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Trains Ltd is a contracting authority, based in UKE11. Tracks 41 published notices and 39 awards on PublicSupply.

41
Notices published
39
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2022
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
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YoY change
£168k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Trains Ltd — 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

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

works2 · £5.0m
Unspecified39 · £3.8m

Instrument type

contract41 · £8.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 39Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 2 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Trains Ltd is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Hull Botanic Gardens LMD Underframe Carriage Wash and Enhanced Stabling Detailed Design & Works (ES 5-8)—45200000——cancelled
Hull Botanic Gardens LMD Underframe Carriage Wash and Enhanced Stabling Detailed Design & Works (ES 5-8)—45200000£5.0mest.—active
Digital Marketing Services - Paid Social Media Advertising - AWARDCREATIVERACE LIMITED79342000£004 Sept 2023active
Principal Contractor for Heaton TMD Training, Welfare and Accommodation - AWARDOpus Building Services Ltd45000000£002 May 2023active
GRIP 5-8 Principal Contractor for Customer Information Screens at 77 stations for Northern Trains Limited - AWARDSella Controls45300000£021 Apr 2023active
NTL - TRU & SIF Programme - Minor Works - AWARDConsortia Integrated Services45213320£023 Jan 2023active
Principal Contractor for Heaton TMD Training, Welfare and Accommodation—45000000£0—active
AfA - Pontefract Monkhill - Principal Contractor Services - GRIP 5-8 - AWARDThe Input group71322000£005 Jan 2023active
Maintenance Operations Management Solution - AWARDDanburykline Ltd42965110£004 Jan 2023active
AIfA Package 1 - Cumbria Stations - Platform Ovelay Works - AWARD—45213320£668k21 Dec 2022active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PU
PWM UK Ltd
3 contracts · 21 Jun – 12 Oct
£550k
15% of total
—
2
VM
Vextrix Management Ltd
4 contracts · 28 Jun – 16 Nov
£528k
14% of total
—
3
CL
CREATIVERACE LIMITED
1 contract · 04 Sept
£0
0% of total
—
4
OB
Opus Building Services Ltd
1 contract · 02 May
£0
0% of total
—
5
SC
Sella Controls
1 contract · 21 Apr
£0
0% of total
—
6
CI
Consortia Integrated Services
1 contract · 23 Jan
£0
0% of total
—
7
TI
The Input group
2 contracts · 22 Jun – 05 Jan
£0
0% of total
—
8
DL
Danburykline Ltd
1 contract · 04 Jan
£0
0% of total
—

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
21 contracts
£6.0m
69%
Architecture, engineering
12 contracts
£2.5m
29%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£175k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Architecture, engineering
Support transport services
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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.

Northern Trains Ltd 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.

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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
8
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKE11
Contact
Amber Darby-Lunn
Email
Amber.Darby-Lunn@northernrailway.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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