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This notice is published by the Great Western Railway (GWR). This notice is published to advertise a forthcoming market engagement exercise. This exercise relates to the development of GWR's Future Fleet and Depot Proposal to be submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT). It is the intention that should the proposal be accepted GWR will initiate a rolling stock and supporting infrastructure procurement. The aim of the proposal is to provide an affordable plan for decarbonation of GWR's fleet whilst improving and aligning the service to future customer needs. This market engagement exercise is open to all entities capable of supplying rolling stock and infrastructure to support a move away from diesel traction, such as equipment with the capability of supporting automated rapid charging of batteries and innovative approaches to energy supply. Following receipt of interest in engaging in the exercise entities will be invited to join discussions on GWR's future fleet and depot concept. GWR will describe the development of the concept and how it supports our aims. The purpose of this exercise is to listen to feedback and the market's expertise to aid our development of options for evaluation, ahead of a future procurement. GWR may decline to engage with entities who are unable to demonstrate capability to supply the required products and services in order to optimise the value and efficiency of the exercise. If you wish to participate in this market engagement exercise please register your details using the following link : http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/xH2Ku Interested entities should note that invitations to (and information on) subsequent events or activities (such as technical meetings and questionnaires) will be provided to those entities who have registered by following the instructions above. There will be no further notice of those subsequent events.

The current heavy maintenance requirements are a combination of mileage and time based events and it is proposed to align these into a weeklong single event for each unit. It should be assumed that one unit will be out of service at any one time for this programme. This project shall be carried out as a turnkey solution, with the scope of work including; engineering design/approvals, project management, parts supply (limited scope of consumables only), overhaul and installation activities, logistics and approvals.

Class 57 G Examinations in accordance with PB-VI 0576 Issue 1, Power unit Overhaul in accordance with PB-CI 1471 Issue 1 and Bogies Standard Overhaul in accordance with PB-CI-0722 Issue 1. These documents can be found via the link provided below :- http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/m89rL The first Locomotive G Exam is due April 2023

C6 Works to be undertaken on Class 150/2 x 34 Vehicles leased from Porterbrook. Work to be undertaken at a supplier site (not a GWR site). C6 Works will be in accordance with Porterbrook Specification PBVI 1506 Issue 6

GWR have a requirement for painting of the Class 57 Locomotives (x4)and the Sleeper Carriage rolling stock (x20). This activity is required to be carried out away from GWRs operational depots but at locations familiar with operational rolling stock and the specific standards for painting of rail vehicles.

This notice is published by the Great Western Railway (GWR). This notice is published to advertise a forthcoming market engagement exercise. This exercise relates to the development of GWR's Medium Term Fleet Strategy to be submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT). It is the intention that should the proposal be accepted GWR will initiate a rolling stock procurement exercise. The aim of the proposal is to provide an affordable plan for supplementing additional Diesel Multiple Units (DMU's) to GWR's fleet whilst improving and aligning the service to future customer needs. This market engagement exercise is open to all entities capable of supplying rolling stock and potential maintenance activities. Following receipt of interest in engaging in the exercise entities will be invited to join discussions to contribute to GWR's Medium-term Fleet Strategy. GWR will describe the development of the concept and how it supports our aims. The purpose of this exercise is to listen to feedback and the market's expertise to aid our development of rolling stock options for consideration, ahead of a future procurement. If you wish to participate in this market engagement exercise please register your details using the following link : http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/KIlSg Interested entities should note that invitations to (and information on) subsequent events or activities (such as technical meetings and questionnaires) will be provided to those entities who have registered by following the instructions above. There will be no further notice of those subsequent events.

GWR are currently reviewing their connectivity options across the full span of their fleets. The requirement will include, but is not limited to customer connectivity (WiFi) as well as application connectivity for a suite of onboard, operational requirements and monitoring equipment. This requirement will cover all current fleets with the option to expand to any additional fleets as and when they may come into service.

This requirement is for the provision of the C6 overhaul on all GWRs Class 158s . There are 41 vehicles that require this overhaul, which will start in 2025.

GWR are looking to appoint a contractor to design and build temporary modular staff accommodation at Plymouth Station which is anticipated to be leased for an initial period of a minimum 3 years with options to extend on an annual basis and therefore designed to be in situ should it be required for up to 10 years with little to no intervention and maintenance.

Background: First Greater Western Limited, trading as "Great Western Railway" (GWR), provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services. We help over 100 million passengers reach their destinations every year - across South Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, and large parts of Southern England. Find out more here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us GWR are looking to better understand the market and from responses received to this notice may choose to complete a procurement exercise in the next six months for: Defibrillation Device - Supply, Install and Maintenance.

Background First Greater Western Limited, trading as "Great Western Railway" (GWR), provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services. We help over 100 million passengers reach their destinations every year - across South Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, and large parts of Southern England. Find out more here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us GWR are seeking a supplier to supply and install Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) devices/units and systems across the GWR 165 & 166 fleet (16X). This will be a 5-year programme of supply and installation with the aim to enhance passenger and staff safety and security. GWR are seeking suppliers of labour competent to renew or upgrade the 16X CCTV system consisting of: • 20 X 165 two Car units, • 16 X 165 three car units and • 21 X 166 three car units. These vehicles currently have a Petards CCTV system installed. Diagrams showing the current layout of the 16X fleet and CCTV systems are available on request. It is the expectation the system will fit into these positions. GWR want to hear back from interested suppliers and would welcome on-site presentations from suppliers. Further details in this notice.

Background First Greater Western Limited, trading as "Great Western Railway" (GWR), provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services. We help over 100 million passengers reach their destinations every year - across South Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, and large parts of Southern England. Find out more here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us GWR are looking to better understand the market offer for on train catering services and logistics. GWR want to discuss opportunities, ideas and innovation with suppliers who can offer catering products and logistics to be delivered across the fleet. The suppliers can offer both catering products and logistics as one offer or just one of the options, we are keen to understand, talk through options and meet suppliers. GWR hope to go out to tender with this contract opportunity late 2025. Scope: As a high level brief GWR want a supplier to provide catering products and logistic services across the GWR network. This includes: Route details: GWR manage a number of station routes with catered first-class lounges in Paddington, Cardiff, Penzance, and Truro as part of the logistics supply. We run 254 catered trains a day Monday - Friday, 280 catered trains on Saturday and 210 on a Sunday. Fleet: Our current fleet GWR offers catering which comprises of: 92 Bi-mode Hitachi Intercity Express Trains comprising of five and nine car trains. Five car trains can run as independent five cars or couple up to be 10 car trains these are often uncoupled/coupled mid journey to make a 10 back into a five and vice versa. This adds flexibility to the fleet and allows us to run more services. When in 10 car formation there is no way through the train to both ends so they run independently with each end having a kitchen, first class and at seat trolley service meaning two independent deliveries and top off to different locations on one train. We also run nine car trains which are full units with one kitchen offering first class and standard class. We currently operate a Left on Board Found on Board system (LOB FOB) this means we leave non-perishable stock on train overnight when it goes back to the Hitachi train care depot. We currently fully destock four trains a day seven days a week which means all GWR owned equipment and stock is removed by the logistics provider, washed, counted, and repacked to the levels GWR set and then delivered back to the same train the next day or when it returns into operation. Catering offering: GWR offer many variations of catering which the logistics provider must source products/deliver for: Standard class: Retail at seat trolley-Offering snacks, sandwiches, drinks, confectionary and alcohol. First class: Complimentary items offering drinks, snacks, sandwiches, and made-up weekend boxes, we have period rotations of cakes and sandwich fillings to keep the range changeable Sleeper: Retail range as above with a few specific products for this service. Complimentary in cabin breakfast items Pullman: Fine dining services, six full three course dining services per day Monday to Friday only. First class lounges: Complimentary drinks and snacks consisting of a mix of current on train lines and a few bespoke lounge items. Special events: Ad hoc orders for special events and buffets for meetings are often requested and the logistics provider would be expected to source and price up these. Innovation: We are looking for a supplier who has innovation and ideas to support us in growing and driving change Logistics: Locations - GWR requires the contractor to take full management of catering logistics. The below service centres are leased and maintained by GWR, and these service centres are available for use by the catering logistics provider: GWR has four main service centres all located within the station building: Paddington, Swansea, Plymouth, and Bristol Currently the layout works for delivery, and we have varying modes of transport for delivery to train dependant on location. Current operating hours are: PLYMOUTH Mon-Fri 4.30am-midnight Sat 4.30am-10pm Sun 7am-10pm PADDINGTON 6am-10pm 7 days a week SWANSEA 24 hours apart from close 9pm Sat and reopen 6am Sunday BRISTOL Mon-Sat 4am - 8pm Sun 7am-7pm At this point we are drafting a specification and hope the market engagement will help develop GWRs requirements to ensure a robust procurement. We would welcome any interested supplier to make contact. Contract The estimated budget is: £8.4 million Inc VAT The contract lifetime: 5 years (3+1+1) Contact For more information, to register your interest or if you feel you could offer this service/supply of goods and would like to discuss with us further, please contact: Ben.Boatman@gwr.com This preliminary market engagement notice will expire on: 15.09.25 at 17:0

First Greater Western Railway, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is issuing a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice to obtain market feedback in relation to an intended services for the provision of Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers, Person in Charge (PIC) and Shunters to support GWR in delivering passenger mitigations during planned perturbation. HS2 Possessions GWRs strategy during the construction of Old Oak Common (OOC) is to provide an alternative London terminus for its customers for any All-Line Block (ALB) greater than 12 hours and provide the same level of customer experience as that of London Paddington (PAD). For any possession that is greater than 12 hrs., GWR will implement one of its three diversionary routes, to ensure a London terminus is retained for GWR customers. With limited to no access to London North Pole (LNP) GWRs principal engineering depot via the Great Western Main Line (GWML) during OOC possessions poses a significant risk to GWR. GWR has created a Depot Strategy that allows a limited number of services on/off LNP via the West London Line (WLL) entrance/exit. Additionally, and a series of mitigations across the GWR network. During Christmas 2024 High Speed Two (HS2) possession the amount of displaced rolling stock equated to 5kms. GWR requires a FOC to provide route conducting services and where applicable driving and PIC services to deliver for its customers and to retain a high-speed service. Control Period Possessions Like HS2, there are other planned Network Rail (NR) possessions between Reading (RDG) and PAD, preventing access to PAD and LNP. There are also other possessions on the GWR network which cuts off GWR engineering depots to the rest of the network, requiring mitigations to ensure we can maintain our fleet to deliver for our customers. Scope To have a pool of trained Drivers and PICs to deliver GWR passenger diversions and GWR Depot Strategy when required. There will be a requirement to maintain competency, for Drivers and PICs on all routes, traction and locations. A variation will then be issued for each possession where there is a requirement for Depot Strategy (only applicable locations) and/or passenger diversions and for what duration. Provision of a dedicated FOC Operations Specialist to work with GWR Operations Standards department. Test Trains A FOC operator to provide test trains when required for GWR, for Depot Strategy locations, diversionary routes and other requirements as necessary to ensure GWRs plans are tested, operationally valid to deliver mitigations when required. Resource required - FOC Traincrew Driver and Guard (where necessary) and PICs. Off network Method of Work will be produced by the FOC and agreed by GWR ahead of any test trains being scheduled.

This procurement process is being advertised and run by First Greater Western Limited on its own behalf and on behalf of the successor operator of the rail passenger transport services in respect of Great Western Railway. That successor operator will be a public sector company, is expected to be a wholly owned subsidiary of DfT OLR Holdings Limited and will be ultimately owned by the Secretary of State for Transport. The date for transfer of the current operations to the successor operator is not yet confirmed. Where the transfer is completed before contract award under this procurement process, the successor operator may elect (but will not be obliged) to carry on with this procurement process in place of First Greater Western Limited, by taking on the role of contracting entity from the date of completion of the transfer (with this notice and all other procurement documents to be interpreted accordingly). Where the transfer is not yet completed by the time of contract award, contractual rights may be included in the contractual arrangements to enable transfer to the successor operator. Bidders should note that this procurement process (if ongoing), or any awarded contract, may be included in a transfer scheme made by the Secretary of State under section 12 of the Railways Act 2005, or the transfer may be effected outside of, or separate from, such a scheme. Background: First Greater Western Limited, trading as "Great Western Railway" (GWR), provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services. We help over 100 million passengers reach their destinations every year - across South Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, and large parts of Southern England. Find out more here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us GWR are looking to better understand the market offer for suppliers who can supply and install a fixed access platform at GWRs Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Depot (T&RSD) by December 2026. GWR aim to conduct a Request for Quotation (RFQ) early 2026. Scope: GWR is currently reviewing the provision of Laira T&RSD High Speed Train (HST) Shed Fixed Access Platforms. As part of developing our plans to meet this requirement we are looking at issuing an RFQ early 2026. Laira T&RSD Fixed Access Platforms General Specification includes, but not limited to the following activities: • The design, supply and installation of access platforms at Laira T&RSD. Fixed access platforms are to be installed at the East and West ends of roads 7, 8, 9 and 10, and in the centre of roads 7 and 9 (not roads 8 and 10). • Platforms at the East and West end to be 6-7m in length, centre platforms to be 16m in length (if not viable an alternative is required). • This will improve access and egress of trains for maintenance and cleaning colleagues while not impeding other maintenance and service delivery activity in the HST Shed. • Fixed access platforms to be installed to provide door level access to the crew door and first saloon door. Design features as follows: • Sufficient width for cleaning equipment to be placed on the gantry by cleaning staff accessing or egressing from the saloon door (approx. 1.0 to 1.2m - dimensions to be confirmed with supplier and dependent on walkway width). • Inward opening gates at either end to prevent falls from height down the access gantry steps. This creates a safe work platform for cleaning colleagues. Gates must be self-closing. • Sufficient length to enable access to the crew door and the first saloon door of all classes of trains currently gauge cleared and in use at the depot (except Class 150/2). • Train-side access gates along the platform length that open inwards to prevent falls from height when a train is not berthed in the siding. The train-side access gates would be set back from the gantry edge to allow room for train doors to open. Gates must be self-closing. • The height of platforms in the HST shed must be set to allow colleagues sufficient headroom to work on the underframe of the berthed train. Supporting legs must be offset away from the train side to allow colleagues to walk alongside the berthed train without being impeded. • Vertical and horizontal stepping distances from train to gantry to be considered for all train types and optimised for safe access and egress. • Must allow access to underframe components including opening underframe panels. • Must be positioned such that access to the train refuel connection is not impeded. • Adequate corrosion protection for the environment. • Gantries in the HST shed are to be positioned at the west, centre, and east end to accommodate as many permutations of stabled trains as possible. Initial investigations have established 6-7m platforms are required at the east and west ends, and 16m in the centre. The centre platform should be positioned so that the centre of the platform aligns with the centre of a 10-car IET. Space is limited in the centre of the shed and if a 16m platform is not viable then alternative(s) should be recommended. Contract: The estimated budget is: £300,000 Inc VAT The contract lifetime: 12 month. JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 Edition (with Landlord's Conditions of Consent) Contact: To register your interest if you feel you could offer this supply of goods and installation, please contact: Ben.Boatman@gwr.com This preliminary market engagement notice will expire on: 30.01.26 at 13:0

The provision of Estate Management Services. GWR are looking for an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy to drive and deliver high rental incomes. The requirement excludes management of station car parking and commercial advertising. GWR's current contract for these services expires in December 2026.

Project Executive Summary First Avanti West Coast & First Greater Western Limited rely on a suite of operational systems, Tracsis (Train Tracs, Tracs RS, Tracs Roster), Bugle, and Acumen that underpin crew planning, diagramming, delay attribution, and performance reporting. This document provides a consolidated specification of these systems to support internal governance, DfT requirements, and upcoming commercial decisions. Purpose of the RFI Event Establish a clear record of system functionality and architecture. Support market testing, RFI preparation, and vendor evaluation. Enable informed decisions about system renewal, replacement, or improvement. Highlight system constraints and operational dependencies. System landscape at a glance Tracsis Suite Train Tracs - optimised crew diagramming, constraints, scenario modelling. Tracs RS - optimised stock diagramming, constraints, scenario modelling. Tracs Roster - compliant roster production, base roster optimisation. Bugle TRUST data imports, incident review, delay attribution, and reporting. Acumen Performance reporting, trend analysis, and data exports for BI tools. All systems rely heavily on file‑based data movement, with limited modern integration options. Estimated Annual Spend = C£1.1m (Combined for both GWR & AWC) First is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to explore prospective suppliers capable of delivering a comprehensive Train Operations Optimisation and Performance Management Suite; this RFI is for information‑gathering purposes only and does not constitute any commitment by First to enter into a contract.

Tender for the provision of Consumable items used at Engineering depots across the GWR network based on vendor managed inventory, the tender will also apply to fasteners and power/hand tools used at depots

Hire of modular buildings at GWR Engineering Depot at St Phillips Marsh to replace current modular buildings containing classrooms, offices, canteens and driver simulators