Contract for Essex Thameside rail passenger services. Currently operated by Trenitalia C2C Limited (Ltd).

Concepts

• railway transport
• public transport services by railways
• rail passenger services
• essex thameside rail passenger services
• the uk conventional mainline rail system
• essex thameside
• the essex thameside national rail contract
• trenitalia c2c limited (ltd
• the public service obligations in transport regulations
• the public service obligations

Location

Essex Thameside rail passenger services link Essex, East London and London Fenchurch Street. There is also a limited and infrequent service into London Liverpool Street via Stratford.

Description

Contract for provision of rail passenger services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between: (a) London to Shoeburyness (b) London to Southend via Ockenden (c) London to Grays There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated under the Essex Thameside National Rail Contract. A Direct Award is now envisaged, in line with the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023 No. 1369).

CPV Codes

• 60200000 - Railway transport services
• 60210000 - Public transport services by railways

Indicators

Other Information

It is anticipated that the contract will include a core period of at least 3 years with discretion for the Secretary of State to determine whether, and if so to what extent, the contract will continue beyond that core term, subject to a maximum contract period of between 6 and 8 years in total. The competent authority reserves the right not to proceed with the direct award as envisaged or to use an alternative method to procure an operator for the contract. This pre-award publication is published by the competent authority under Regulation 22 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023 No. 1369),and relates to a direct award of a public service contract concerning transport by rail under Regulation 17(1) of those Regulations. The competent authority reserves the right to amend this notice at any point before the relevant day (as defined in Regulation 22(2) of those Regulations), and to publish a rectification where required to do so.