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Published 9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
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09TS Victoria Line Supply of Gearbox Assembly

London Underground Limited
Direct award
Special Regime: {"utilities"}
No classification published
London (UKI)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Direct award
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: London Underground Limited: "09TS Victoria Line Supply of Gearbox Assembly". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

This is a goods only requirement estimated to be circa £435k for the supply of Gearbox Assemblies to support the 09TS Victoria Line Fleet Heavy Overhaul Program Lift (HOPL) project. They use a system of gears to adjust the power and speed between the trains electric motors and its wheels. They allow the train to change gears to multiply torque for a strong start from a standstill or to maintain a high speed efficiently on a straight track.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Promex LimitedHolds 34.3% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: London Underground Limited

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for London Underground Limited. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    6Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 0%
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    Promex LimitedTop vendor: 34.3% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £3,123,740Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 5 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £527,461Robust (n=5)
    Middle 50% of awards: £508,416 – £648,225 · 285% of the sector median for CPV 34
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (5 active published awards)
    Coverage: 5 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot); 5 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 34):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Promex Limited1 win£1,070,135No published budget
    ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LIMITED2 wins£1,035,877No published budget
    ROSS PNEUMATROL LTD1 win£648,225No published budget
    UNITED SPRINGS LIMITED1 win£369,503No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 34 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 9 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 113 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    3reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 2,099 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~59 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 198 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 34)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    LEONARDO UK LTDCRN: 02426132
    		5 contracts£1,595,815,115--2.6% below budget
    Milestone Infrastructure LimitedCRN: 13007933
    		4 contracts£979,200,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Trapeze ITS Switzerland GmBH LimitedCRN: CH-290.4.016.518-7
    		4 contracts£959,213,500At ceiling / not disclosed
    Kier Highways LimitedCRN: 05606089
    		6 contracts£930,799,560At ceiling / not disclosed
    Porterbrook
    		4 contracts£929,100,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Zodiac Milpro International
    		2 contracts£918,194,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Colas LtdCRN: PPWQ-2718-YQMV
    		35 contracts£829,298,093--20.7% below budget
    Fortem Solutions LimitedCRN: 04638969
    		4 contracts£700,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    PORR UK Ltd
    		2 contracts£591,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Metroline
    		4 contracts£486,900,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodDirect awardLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regime{"utilities"}
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BSTLast source update9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f52a
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
    2. Award pending
      Not published · £435,761

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    VOITH TURBO LIMITED
    £435,761 · Not published · pending · lots 1
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    2 participating organisations

    London Underground Limited

    Contracting authority
    GB-PPON-PWJB-7544-VZCL
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (2)
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (2)

    Official links; attachments are not copied

    • Transparency notice on Find a Tender

      award:1
      Contract award notice
      9 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST

    • Conflict of interest declaration

      tender
      Conflict of interest declaration
      Notice declares: Not published
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)Voith are the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who is the sole holder of the intellectual property rights (IPR) and exclusive rights necessary for the supply and maintenance . These rights prevent any other supplier from legally or technically providing the required solution. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists that would meet the specification without infringing on these rights. Therefore, a direct award to Voith is justified under the Procurement Act 2023, specifically Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 - Single Supplier Grounds.