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Published 19 Jan 2026, 17:46 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Engineering Vehicles - Maintenance & Support Services

Official notice

Authority: Transport for London (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£768,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to SPECIALIST ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is for the provision of repeat services to support the Logistics and Manufacturing Engineering Vehicles for the provision of Maintenance & Supporting Services to two Tubevac Machines (DISAB 1 & DISAB 2) and supporting the equipment.

These assets provide London Underground with specialist ballast/track bed removal capability that significantly reduces the labour-intensive time taken for track renewals & maintenance in Engineering hours.

The total amount is circa £768k to cover for the 1 year period.

The justification for awarding the proposed contract is in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, Section 41.6 Schedule 5, paragraph 7 is;

Additional or repeat goods, services or works.

(7) The public concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services and works in circumstances where -

a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and

b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation of maintenance.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Jan 2026, 17:46 GMT
Last source update
17 Mar 2026, 08:34 GMT
Authority reference
WS2834470250
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-023799
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060948 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

Additional or repeat goods, services of works - extension or partial replacement.

The justification for awarding this proposed contract in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Direct Award Section 41.6 Paragraph 7 to Specialist Engineering Services (SES) for the Engineering Vehicles - Maintenance & Supporting Services without competition is additional or repeat goods, services or works where:-

The public contract concerns the supply of goods or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where -

a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and

b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

At this time Tfl do not have the technical information to generate a specification for these services and therefore intend to directly award to the incumbent supplier to ensure continuity of supply to prevent an adverse impact on the maintenance of infrastructure due to non-availability of the maintenance vehicle. A change of supplier would require demobilisation and mobilisation of an alternative supplier; this would impact the maintenance activities of the operational railway, has the potential to cause service disruption and would inherit additional cost.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Jan 2026 → 17 Mar 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends264 days ago
    29 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published218 days ago
    17 Mar 2026, 08:34 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    19 Jan 2026, 17:46 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    20 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    17 Mar 2026, 08:34 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £768,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SPECIALIST ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED30 Jan 2026 – 30 Nov 2026£768,00020 Jan 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · SPECIALIST ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

    Signed
    2 Feb 2026
    Value
    £768,000
    Period
    2 Feb 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
    Status
    active
    3 agreed KPIs: On Time Arrival · Fleet Availability · Fleet Mileage Reporting
    • On Time Arrival, Drivers to report to site or depot Manager to confirm that they are "on site" (ie at their first collection Point as specified on their Job Detail Sheet). This will be recorded as Site Arrival Time. All Site Arrival Times later than the Service Start Time will be expressed as a percentage of the total requests to the Supplier for the Payment Period. Liquidated Damages for late attendance on site shall apply as set out in Schedule 1
    • Fleet Availability, Supplier fails to provide a vehicle and driver after a request was made by the Company in a reasonable time. All failures will be expressed as a percentage of the total requests to the Supplier for the Payment Period
    • Fleet Mileage Reporting, The supplier shall report the distance covered by each vehicle in providing the service on a daily basis. This is required to ensure the safety and well being of the Supplier s Drivers. All reports will be expressed as a percentage of the total requests executed by the Supplier for the Payment Period

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Transport for London

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHMT-6197-NWNZ 5 Endeavour Square, London, London, E20 1JNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SPECIALIST ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03300301GB-PPON: PXNR-9877-ZQHG SES House, Unit 3 Balby Court, Doncaster, Yorkshire & Humber, DN4 8DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDFProvision of Operational and Support Services.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender