Transport: Freight

(asked on 4th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the value of the freight capacity framework agreement for the 48 month period it will in effect for.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 9th September 2019

The Invitation to Tender for the Freight Capacity Framework Agreement was published on 30 July. The deadline for bids to join the freight capacity framework was 28 August. We are currently following the published evaluation methodology, and the outcome will be announced in due course. Further information cannot be provided at this stage because of the commercial sensitivities surrounding an ongoing procurement.

The freight capacity framework will improve national resilience. The framework is open for use by all central UK government departments, their agencies and arms’ length bodies; and the Devolved Administrations, their agencies and ALBs. The maximum value of freight capacity available under the framework is £300m over the four-year term.

The Department for Transport has been leading, on behalf of the rest of Government, work to provide freight capacity as part of preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. This has involved engagement across Government and the Devolved Administrations throughout the process.

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