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title: "COV - CVLR Principal Designer (ITS Route)"
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# COV - CVLR Principal Designer (ITS Route)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-cvlr-principal-designer-its-route-ocds-h6vhtk-060170). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Coventry City Council: "COV - CVLR Principal Designer (ITS Route)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-city-council-ons-e08000026)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport systems consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG33
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,296,821 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060170`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Description
The Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) system represents a ground-breaking advancement in urban mobility, featuring a uniquely designed shallow track form coupled with a pioneering lightweight vehicle. This vehicle is engineered to navigate more stringent curves than those accommodated by conventional light rail systems, thereby offering enhanced flexibility in urban settings. Building on a foundation of successful test pilots, which rigorously evaluated the system's performance across a spectrum of operational scenarios and loading conditions, the project now advances following the successful delivery of the On Road Test (ORT) route. The ORT route delivery consisted of a single 220m southbound track section from Croft Road to Greyfriars Road.
Coventry City Council ("the Council") wish to develop the concept further by installing VLR along a new City Centre Demonstrator (CCD) Route, which features a stop at Coventry University Technology Park. As the Route is planned to coincide with the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress to be held in Birmingham in 2027, it is referred to as the CCD ITS Route.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) system represents a groundbreaking advancement in urban mobility, featuring a uniquely designed shallow track form coupled with a pioneering lightweight vehicle. This vehicle is engineered to navigate more stringen...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** COV - CVLR Principal Designer (ITS Route) (active)
  - Award id: `001269-2026-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186781`
  - Value: £1,296,821 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** COV - CVLR Principal Designer (ITS Route) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,296,821
  - Signed Date: 12/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001269-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-08T09:04:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:12:15.833Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060170