Quick answer — SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITEDLast refreshed 20 Mar 2026

At a glance

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED has awarded £2.9bn across 15 suppliers, with 41 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 34% · 2 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£5.0m) · SME share 16% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration34%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share16%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI44. Tracks 60 published notices and 44 awards on PublicSupply.

60
Notices published
44
Awards
15
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£6.9m
12 m spend
£1.4bn
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£2.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£397m£794m£1191m£1588mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£5.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified48 · £2.9bn
goods6 · £2.4m
services6 · £350k

Instrument type

contract60 · £2.9bn
Source:Find a Tender: 59Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 41 live

All contracts with a published award notice where SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Smartcard Printer Maintenance & Bureau ServicesEUCLID LIMITED£480kpending
Taxi Management ServicesFirst Travel Solutions Limitedactive
Value Added Cloud ServicesFIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITEDactive
Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement Class 701ALSTOM ENGINEERING AND SERVICES LIMITEDactive
Provision for Gateline and ticket checker for SWR79620000complete
Value Added Cloud ServicesFIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED£633k20 Mar 2026pending
Value Added Cloud ServicesFIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED£633kpending
Taxi Management ServicesFirst Travel Solutions Limited£2.4m20 Mar 2026pending
Taxi Management ServicesFirst Travel Solutions Limited£2.4mpending
Provision of Recruitment ServicesAlexander Mann Solutions Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
RR
3 contracts · 09 May
£987.2m
34% of total
▼ 100%
2
SM
3 contracts · 09 May
£754.0m
26% of total
▼ 100%
3
AT
3 contracts · 13 May
£675.5m
23% of total
▼ 100%
4
PL
£250.2m
9% of total
▼ 100%
5
AE
7 contracts · 12 May23 May
£104.1m
4% of total
▼ 100%
6
CT
£98.8m
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
FT
3 contracts · 20 Mar
£4.8m
0% of total
New
8
WI
£3.6m
0% of total
New
915
···
7 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£5.9m
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
43 contracts
£2.9bn
100%
Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£2.4m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£350k
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
5
Office equipment, IT
Business, legal, advisory
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.

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 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.

16%
SME supplier share
target 33%
7
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 16% 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
UKI44
Companies House
03266760
Contact
Ibolya Kormos
Email
ProcurementandContracts@swrailway.com

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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