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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-12Updated 2026-10-12

£25.7M

Total spend

3

Contract awards

3

Unique suppliers

£8.6M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED has awarded 3 contracts worth £25.7M to 3 suppliers between 2023-10-12 and 2026-10-12, at an average contract value of £8.6M, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED1£18.3M
SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED1£6.0M
SIGNATURE RAIL LIMITED1£1.4M

Procurement categories

What FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
2 awards£24.3M

Software package and information systems

48
1 award£1.4M

Recent contracts

Latest FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

FRH - AWC Train Planning Software & Services Tender

SIGNATURE RAIL LIMITED · 2026-07-14

£1.4M

First Avanti West Coast Contract for Maintenance and Support of Automatic Passenger Gate Systems

CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED · 2026-05-05

£18.3M

GWR - Provision of Maintenance & Support for Ticket Vending Machines

SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED · 2025-05-22

£6.0M

First Rail Travel Disruption Information Services

Nexus Alpha Ltd · 2023-01-02

Facilities Management and Asset Management

Integral UK Ltd · 2021-11-09

£5.0M

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Market analysis

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Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

25%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

—

Awards to social enterprises

Around 25% of FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED

How much does FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED spend on procurement?

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED awarded 3 contracts totalling £25.7M between 2023-10-12 and 2026-10-12, working with 3 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £8.6M.

Who are FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED by total award value are CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED, SIGNATURE RAIL LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.

What does FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED buy from suppliers?

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED's procurement is concentrated in office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-12

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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