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Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the InterCity East Coast rail services contract.
Sets out how the Department for Transport will enforce measures in rail franchise agreements.
Aims of the UK rail franchising programme and what we expect from our franchise operators.
Invitation to tender documentation for the East Anglia rail passenger franchise.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of Great Western National Rail contract.
Technical specification and contractual documentation relating to the Intercity Express Programme.
Preview issued to inform potential bidders about the passenger service contracts (PSCs) market engagement day in November 2021.
Guidelines about the rail franchise competition process used by Department for Transport staff and advisers.
Sets out Wales and Borders franchise arrangements for funding, services specification and management, and the exercise of operator of last resort duties.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of Cross Country rail services contract.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the East Midlands Railway contract (corrigendum).
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the Essex Thameside rail services contract.
An Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for the rail franchising pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of TransPennine Express rail services contract.
Notice for the launch of pre-procurement market engagement on rail passenger service contracts (PSCs).
Notice of a penalty on LSER for contraventions of franchise agreements entered into with the Secretary of State for Transport.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of West Coast Partnership National Rail contract (rectification).
Membership of the panel advising the government operator on improving Northern Rail.
Details of a comprehensive forward timetable for the re-letting of a number of UK rail franchises.
Deapartment process for unsolicited franchise extension proposals.
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