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Membership of the panel advising the government operator on improving Northern Rail.
OJEU notice and pre-qualification documentation for the restarted Essex Thameside rail franchise in 2011.
Invitation to tender that sets out the Essex Thameside proposition.
Documents issued in 2011 and 2012 including the invitation to tender and OJEU notice for the Great Western franchise competition.
Details of a comprehensive forward timetable for the re-letting of a number of UK rail franchises.
Stakeholder briefing documents from 2005 for the integrated Kent franchise agreement and a 2011 franchise continuation review factsheet.
Rail franchise competition documentation from 2011 and 2012 for the InterCity West Coast rail franchise including the invitation to tender.
Deapartment process for unsolicited franchise extension proposals.
Technical specification and contractual documentation relating to the Intercity Express Programme.
Further information about the franchise competition high level process map.
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2013 for the Essex Thameside franchise.
OJEU notice, pre-qualification questionnaire, pre-qualification process document and franchise letting process agreement issued in 2013.
Produced in 2013 to give further information to potential bidders about the InterCity East Coast rail franchise competition.
Applicant questions and DfT responses relating to the InterCity East Coast franchise.
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2014 for the InterCity East Coast rail franchise.
A pre-route study report on the Brighton Main Line, its capacity challenges and options for improvements.
A joint OJEU notice for the TransPennine Express and Northern rail franchises issued in 2014.
Gives further information to potential bidders in 2014 about the TransPennine Express franchise competition.
Gives further information to potential bidders in 2014 about the Northern franchise competition.
The pre-qualification questionnaire and pre-qualification process document issued in 2014 for bidders in the Northern franchise competition.
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