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GWR Catering Service - Service Centre Operations & Delivery, and Catering Products & Supply

FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED Published 23 Mar 2026 Find a Tender

key details

Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 15000000 +1 more
RegionSouth West
Procedureselective
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-054675

Award

SupplierValueDateStatus
DHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED £48,500,000 23 Mar 2026 pending

description

GWR require Catering Services to be delivered across the network, which will be run under one contract. The catering service has two core functions the supplier is to deliver for this contract.

  1. Service Centre Operations and Delivery:

The supplier must be able to supply logistics operations and staff management to all GWR catered fleet.

  1. Catering Products and Supply:

The supplier must be able to supply all of GWR catering products, packaging and ancillary equipment.

Route Details

GWR manage many stations on the route with catered first-class lounges in Paddington, Cardiff, Penzance, and Truro as part of the logistics supply.

Currently trains do not run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, although some elements of the Service will be required on these days.

GWR run:

  • 254 catered trains a day Monday - Friday,
  • 280 catered trains on Saturday and
  • 210 catered trains on a Sunday.

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notice history

7 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
11 Jun 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 031434-2025
2 Jul 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 036589-2025
2 Jul 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 036591-2025
28 Jul 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 043564-2025
28 Jul 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 043567-2025
19 Sept 2025 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 058198-2025
23 Mar 2026 Contract award (UK6) Procurement Act 2023 026087-2026

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