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P-3477 Ballast Regulator – Brush Box and Dust Suppression System

Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts
Railway maintenance or service vehicles
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£550,000
Submission deadline 21 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Translink: "P-3477 Ballast Regulator – Brush Box and Dust Suppression System". Published status: active. Published value: £550,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTranslinkScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
21 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£550,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Translink
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Translink. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.7Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
LPW (Europe) LimitedTop vendor: 96.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 26 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). 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. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
LPW (Europe) Limited1 win£618,405
Bamford Bus Company t/a Wrightbus1 win£21,967
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTranslink
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
Last source update24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRailway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts, Railway maintenance or service vehicles
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d2dc
What is being bought
Translink are seeking to purchase a replacement Brush Box assembly and Dust Suppression System for USP5000 Ballast Regulator for use on the Northern Ireland Railways rail network. The Supplier shall provide a fully integrated solution including: • Replacement Brush Box assembly (complete) • Upgrade to high pressure water Dust Suppression System • Installation, testing, and commissioning • Documentation, warranty, and technical support. The initial period of the contract will be for 12 months with possible extensions of up to 6 months. Further details of the requirements are detailed within the tender documents. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 21 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Published value£550,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Jul 2026, 10:21 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Translink

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV
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  • Translink
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PTMT-7134-NRMV
    22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 7LX, GB
    etni@translink.co.uk
Documents (2)
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