Though the 374s are as I understand it are fairly similar to their non-Eurostar cousins as they’re still UIC gauge. The only high speed rolling stock built to UK loading gauge are the original Eurostar class 373s.
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Fair comment. Though the 373s were essentially a French design (TGV) shoe-horned into the UK loading gauge with a bit of the work spread around Belgium and the UK for some "entente cordial" in the project.
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If a bidder is excluded because the bidder thinks the client hasn't evaluated the bid properly or has otherwise failed to follow its own rules then the bidder can seek redress from the courts. Unless there is a gross failure by the client, it is unusual for courts to overturn a client's decision but there might sometimes be a a contribution to the bidder's costs of bidding.
The horror scenario is when the bidder finds that a bidder has found a way to offer the most compliant, most economically advantageous bid, completely within the rules, but is quite different from what the client really wants. Their only option in this scenario is to cancel the procurement and start again. This doesn't often happen.
If a bidder is excluded because the bidder thinks the client hasn't evaluated the bid properly or has otherwise failed to follow its own rules then the bidder can seek redress from the courts. Unless there is a gross failure by the client, it is unusual for courts to overturn a client's decision but there might sometimes be a a contribution to the bidder's costs of bidding.
The horror scenario is when the bidder finds that a bidder has found a way to offer the most compliant, most economically advantageous bid, completely within the rules, but is quite different from what the client really wants. Their only option in this scenario is to cancel the procurement and start again. This doesn't often happen.
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