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Railway transport services. Public transport services by railways. The DfT is seeking to appoint an appropriately experienced and qualified person to operate the InterCity East Coast rail passenger franchise. The successful bidder will be required to purchase East Coast Main Line Company Limited (ECML) for a sum set by DfT (and which is expected to be less than GBP 20 million) and on terms set by DfT and then for ECML to enter into a contract to run the franchise services which the bidder has agreed with the Department. Expressions of interest are now being sought from the market. Parties which are successful at being shortlisted will receive the Invitation to Tender (ITT). It is expected that this will be issued in February 2014 and that the deadline for the submission of tenders will be in May 2014. It is anticipated that the contract will commence in February 2015. The proposed InterCity East Coast franchise will cover the services currently run by ECML which comprise services connecting London with Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland, utilising the electrified East Coast Main Line and routes into Scotland. Bidders may also be asked to run, or have the option to run, services to up to 5 (five) additional destinations (plus intermediate stops) in any one or more of the following: Yorkshire, the North East, the Midlands, and the East of England. The additional destinations will be specified in the ITT. Once it has been purchased by the successful bidder, ECML will be required to enter into the Train Availability and Reliability Agreement (TARA) with Agility Trains East Limited for the supply of Intercity Express Trains for use on the East Coast franchise, and a number of other ancillary agreements concerning the supply of these trains . A copy of the current form of TARA (which is to be amended and restated) is at URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intercity-express-programme-technical-specification-and-contracts The services run by ECML are on an electrified 393 miles (632 km) railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh. It is one of the fastest conventional lines in the UK with most of the line being rated for 125 mph (200 km/h) operation. Non electrified line extends further north into Scotland from Edinburgh to Inverness and Aberdeen. In 2012/13 the services that ECML run had total passenger-related revenue of GBP 611.76 million, covering 19,054,000 passenger journeys and 3,066,469,000 passenger miles. The length of the franchise term is anticipated to be around 8 or 9 years with a possible extension of up to 2 years callable at DfT's discretion. DfT has published a Prospectus in October 2013. This provides further information about the tender process and describe the scope of the requirements for this contract more fully, including the possibility of certain additional services which may be provided at the option of bidders. The Prospectus will be available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport/series/rail-franchising

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