SE Trains Limited (trading as ‘Southeastern’) provides passenger rail services in the South East of England, covering South East London, Kent and East Sussex. We operate one of the busiest and most complex networks in the country, including the UK’s only domestic high-speed service.

In 2019, over 3 million passenger journeys were made on our trains each week, across over 12,000 services.

Scope:
The scope of this procurement is to ensure that we are providing PSVAR compliant replacement bus services for both planned and unplanned requirements across the Southeastern network. Each element will be tendered as a separate Lot to ensure the specification is clear. Both Lots can be won be a single provider, and this shall accommodate the whole region covered by the Southeastern network.
The process will focus on four key points, which will be reflected within the contract upon award:

• People
• Product
• Process
• Improvements

The contract award will be a minimum of 2 years from July 2022 but will commence earlier if possible (mobilisation dependent). In addition, extension provisions will be made to allow for this contract to run up to 5 years in total (i.e. option/s to extend by up to 3-years). This will allow the term to be matched to any NRC periods.

As an indication of requirements, please see the table below with an example of the Duties which have been required:
 

Period	Date From	Date To	Planned Duties	Emergency Duties
P1	28/06/2020	25/07/2020	588	20
P2	26/07/2020	22/08/2020	1464	91
P3	23/08/2020	26/09/2020	1010	108
P4	24/09/2020	24/10/2020	1033	70
P5	25/10/2020	21/11/2020	1040	27
P6	22/11/2020	02/01/2021	1227	92
P7	03/01/2021	30/01/2021	877	227
P8	31/01/2021	27/02/2021	824	515
P9	28/02/2021	03/04/2021	978	102
P10	04/04/2021	01/05/2021	676	50
P11	02/05/2021	29/05/2021	722	45
P12	30/05/2021	03/07/2021	1233	126

Further details shall be provided to those who express their interest in this opportunity.