Quick answer — XC TRAINS LIMITEDLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

XC TRAINS LIMITED has awarded £63.4m across 4 suppliers, with 19 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 95% · 16 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 25% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration95%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share25%
Pipeline · open now16
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

XC TRAINS LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKC23. Tracks 28 published notices and 6 awards on PublicSupply.

28
Notices published
6
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2026
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
YoY change
£2.5m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
XC TRAINS LIMITED — 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

16

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services12 · £253.1m
goods12 · £22.6m
Unspecified4 · £936k

Instrument type

contract27 · £276.7m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 26Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 19 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Service Quality Regime (SQR) SystemYIOSHI LTD20 May 2026pending
Automatic Passenger Count System Maintenance & LicensingJOURNEO FLEET SYSTEMS LIMITED£936kpending
Mobile Hardware Device Refresh and provision of related Services.TECHNOLOGY RECOVERY GROUP UK LIMITED£2.5mest.active
Provision of Service Quality Regime (SQR) Inspection Services71630000active
Provision of Food Distribution Services for XC Trains Limited (XC)complete
Turbostars Catering Services for CrossCountry Trains55522000£1.0mest.planning
Waste Removal and Recycling ServicesSuez Recycling and Recovery£60.0mest.active
Provision of Facilities Management Servicesactive
Provision of a Customer Experience Insight and Survey Feedback Solution79342310active
Supply of Ambient Meal solutions for First-Class offeringclosed
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SR
£60.0mest.
95% of total
2
TR
£2.5mest.
4% of total
3
JF
£936k
1% of total
4
YL
1 contract · SME · 20 May
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£144.0m
52%
Other
14 contracts
£111.0m
40%
Food, beverages, tobacco
2 contracts
£18.7m
7%
Clothing, footwear
1 contract
£1.4m
1%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
1 contract
£1.0m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£500k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Repair & maintenance
Other
Food, beverages, tobacco
Clothing, footwear
Hotel, restaurant, retail
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.

XC 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.

25%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 25% 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
UKC23
Companies House
04402048
Contact
Hardeep Virdi
Email
Hardeep.Virdi@crosscountrytrains.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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