AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Transpennine Trains Limited awarded and signed a contract for a new-trains financier to ROCK RAIL TPE PLC. The supplier is to finance, own and lease new passenger-service units and associated equipment, with asset-management services.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded for lot 1, with ROCK RAIL TPE PLC named as supplier. The contract record states it was signed on 8 September 2026.
Market significanceThis is a rail rolling-stock financing and leasing procurement covering new units, associated equipment and asset-management services across parts of northern England and Scotland.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
ROCK RAIL TPE PLC
99% confidenceAward 095764-2026-TPT 285-1 · Lots 1 · Not published Not published · Verified supplier; active award and active signed contract
View supporting evidence
The award names Rock Rail TPE Plc as supplier; supplier verification identifies the legal company name as ROCK RAIL TPE PLC (company number 17274296) through an exact-name match. The related contract is active and dated as signed on 8 September 2026.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice status
98% confidenceAward and contract notice published; tender status complete
View supporting evidence
The release is tagged "award, contract" and the tender status is "complete".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Award 095764-2026-TPT 285-1 is recorded with status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 8 September 2026
View supporting evidence
Contract 095764-2026-TPT 285-1 has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-09-08T00:00:00+01:00".
Lot record status
99% confidenceCancelled
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 is marked "cancelled", although the active award and signed active contract both reference that lot.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award/contract value
99% confidenceNot published
View supporting evidence
No value amount or currency is provided for the award, contract or lot.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
99% confidence8 September 2026
View supporting evidence
The contract dateSigned field is 2026-09-08.
Award and contract notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
View supporting evidence
The notice published_at and release_date fields are 2026-10-09T15:24:32+01:00.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
No contract start date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFinancing, ownership and leasing of new passenger-service units and associated equipment, plus asset-management services
View supporting evidence
The procurement description states that TPE sought an owner to finance, own and lease new units and associated equipment, as well as provide asset-management services.
Primary classification
99% confidenceFinancial leasing services (CPV 66114000)
View supporting evidence
Tender classification is CPV 66114000, Financial leasing services.
Related classification
99% confidenceRolling stock (CPV 34620000)
View supporting evidence
The item additional classification is CPV 34620000, Rolling stock.
Delivery geography
96% confidenceNorth East England, North West England including Greater Manchester, and Scotland
View supporting evidence
Delivery locations are listed as UKC, UKD, UKD36 and UKM; the notice describes Greater Manchester, North West, North East and Scotland.
Initial term
94% confidence8 years from acceptance of the first unit
View supporting evidence
Lot options state that the initial term is 8 years from the date of acceptance of the first unit.
Extension option
94% confidenceOption for up to an additional 96 months
View supporting evidence
Lot options describe an extension of up to an additional 96 months.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
View supporting evidence
The procurement method and method details state "selective" and "Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition".
Evaluation approach
96% confidenceTechnical assessment used pass/fail and scored stages; no overall technical weighting stated
View supporting evidence
Lot information says tenderers had to pass all pass/fail criteria and meet a minimum scored threshold, with no specific overall weighting for the technical stage.
Number of bids
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contractual role
98% confidenceSupplier to act as owner and financier, financing, owning and leasing the units and associated equipment
View supporting evidence
The notice describes the procurement of an owner to finance, own and lease the new units and associated equipment.
Subcontracting
95% confidenceSubcontracting indicated
View supporting evidence
The award field hasSubcontracting is true; no subcontractor details are published.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceThe procurement combines rolling-stock asset financing, ownership and leasing with asset-management services.
View supporting evidence
The requirement expressly covers finance, ownership, leasing and asset-management services.
Value transparency
99% confidenceCommercial value and pricing structure are not published.
View supporting evidence
No award, contract or lot value is supplied.
Term flexibility
94% confidenceThe published terms provide an initial eight-year period from first-unit acceptance and an extension option of up to 96 months.
View supporting evidence
The lot options field states these term provisions.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lot and award lifecycle information
99% confidenceLot 1 is marked cancelled, while the award and its linked contract are both marked active and the contract has a signature date.
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 status is "cancelled"; award and contract status are "active"; the contract dateSigned is 8 September 2026.
Unpublished commercial and implementation information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: contract value, pricing, contract start date, first-unit acceptance date, contract end date, bid count, award date and subcontractor details.
View supporting evidence
Relevant source fields are blank or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle inconsistency: lot 1 is marked cancelled while the linked award and signed contract are active.
- No award, contract or lot value, currency, pricing breakdown or value basis is published.
- No contract start date, first-unit acceptance date or explicit contract end date is supplied, so the operational period and renewal timing cannot be calculated.
- The notice does not publish the number of tenders, bidder identities, award scoring, financial evaluation, award date or reasons for selection.
- The notice indicates subcontracting but does not identify subcontractors or their allocated work.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ROCK RAIL TPE PLCTranspennine Trains LimitedNew Trains Financierrolling stock financingrail leasingasset management servicesTPT 285
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the TransPennine Trains new trains financier contract?
ROCK RAIL TPE PLC is the verified legal supplier named for award 095764-2026-TPT 285-1.
Has the contract been signed?
Yes. The published contract record is active and gives a signature date of 8 September 2026.
What is the contract value?
No award, contract or lot value was published in the supplied notice.
What is being procured?
Financing, ownership and leasing of new passenger-service units and associated equipment, plus asset-management services.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.