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Intention to Use RISQS as a Dynamic Market for Cable Procurement

Buyer: Transport for London →

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BuyerTransport for London
StatusOpen
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published16 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Summary: This notice confirms that Transport for London intends to use the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS) as a Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market under Sections 34-40 of the Procurement Act 2023. Scope of Procurement: Procurement of 935 cable and associated components for use in rail infrastructure projects. Dynamic Market Operator: Rail Safety & Standards Board Ltd (RSSB) Website: https://www.risqs.org Conditions for Membership: Suppliers must be registered and qualified under RISQS for relevant product codes, including cable supply and installation. Procurement Procedure: Competitive flexible procedure conducted via RISQS supplier list. Only qualified suppliers were invited to tender. Justification for Retroactive Notice: This notice is published retrospectively due to transitional implementation of the Procurement Act 2023. The procurement was conducted in good faith using RISQS, which meets the criteria of a dynamic market. Future Use: Transport for London will continue to use RISQS as a dynamic market for future rail-related procurements and will ensure timely publication of notices going forward.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

High-voltage cable 31321300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1High-voltage cableNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is High-voltage cable (31321300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 312,7085 median · 49.4 average (954 of 2,708 with a bid count)5.7 average (1,127 of 2,708 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer12Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK71910 median · 143.3 average (248 of 719 with a bid count)12.2 average (282 of 719 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemYes
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059afb
Latest release ID056823-2025
Latest release timestampTue Sep 16 2025 09:06:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056823-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsDynamic market
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsRail Safety & Standards Board Ltd (RSSB) Website: https://www.risqs.org
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Sept 2025tender056823-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
16 Sept 2025 · 056823-2025 · tender
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