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# Rail Welding Services for the Glasgow Subway

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-welding-services-for-the-glasgow-subway-ocds-h6vhtk-039b7c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (UTILITIES): "Rail Welding Services for the Glasgow Subway". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (UTILITIES)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/strathclyde-partnership-for-transport-utilities-GB-FTS-2259)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 February 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway-track maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-039b7c`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **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.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-welding-services-for-the-glasgow-subway-ocds-h6vhtk-039b7c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-welding-services-for-the-glasgow-subway-ocds-h6vhtk-039b7c#participate

## Description
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) Subway are have appointed an eight year framework for rail welding with a break after year four with the option to extend up to a further four years.
Rail welding activities covered under this scope of supply are as below:
- Joining of rail by aluminothermic welding;
- Restoration of rail by electric arc welding; and,
- Restoration of Switches and Crossings (S&C) by electric arc welding
This scope of work is non-exhaustive and SPT reserves the right to engage for other welding service for the SPT estate over the life of the framework.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Single Stage accelerated open procedure
Accelerated Open Procedure
15 days for “state of urgency duly substantiated
Section 43 utilities - (5) Where a state of urgency duly substantiated by a utility renders it impracticable to apply the minimum time...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013549-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Shorterm Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-82545`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013549-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 04/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013549-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-12T09:56:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:57:15.268Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-039b7c