Official UK procurement notice
Gangway and Inter-Car Barrier Overhaul for London Underground S Stock (Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line) Fleet
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Gangway and Inter-Car Barriers of the London Underground S Stock (Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) fleet of trains are overdue for replacement / overhaul according to the Vehicle Management System.
An engineering assessment has been undertaken to evaluate the current condition of the Gangways and Inter-Car Barriers. A specification report has been produced as a result and we are progressing this for early market engagement for better understanding of market interest, capacity and input to help shape appropriate commercial and technical strategy for deploying the project.
On conclusion of market engagement, the overhaul solution based on the specification, is intended to be progressed to tender with the objective of implementing it on all of London Underground's 192 S Stock fleet of trains
CPV: Railway transport services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Rolling stock · Vehicle bodies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Oct 2025, 16:22 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 16:27 BST
- Authority reference
WS2024348128- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066473- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cf34Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Oct 2025 → 31 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published372 days ago17 Oct 2025, 16:22 BST
- Market engagement215 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Based on current plan, the Early Market Engagement will potentially comprise the following stages.
- Distribution of Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) to known and/or suppliers that indicate interest - ASAP from the publishing of this notice.
- Review MSQ submissions and hold technical clarification meetings with suppliers where necessary - November/December 2025 (estimate).
- Re-engage suppliers through further clarification engagement and where necessary hold technical clarification meetings with suppliers - December 2025 - 1st quarter 2026 (estimate).
Between now and the 23rd October, please indicate your interest to participate in this Early Market Engagement exercise.
- Tender notice expected208 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 157 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Oct 2025- Pipeline notice published17 Oct 2025, 16:22 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Oct 2025, 16:27 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Transport for LondonProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcuring on behalf of subsidiary company, London Underground Limited
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender