Official UK procurement notice
Railway Signals Labour Framework 2
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Signals Labour Framework will provide access to IRSE certified signalling labour resources for planned and reactive maintenance across TfL's Major Projects Delivery portfolio. It supports safety-critical work aligned with the Mayor's goals to reduce delays and keep London moving.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Engineering services · Monitoring and control services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers · 3 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
To be able to participate in the tender, suppliers must be registered on TfL's SAP Ariba system.
To express an interest for this contract, interested bidders must BOTH confirm by email to [email protected] to express their interest in the opportunity AND complete Ariba registration, if required. Upon completion of registration and confirmation that the bidder has been invited to the Sourcing Event in Ariba, the interested bidder will have unrestricted and full access to the procurement documents, free of charge through their dashboard when they login to Ariba at service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw ↗.
Any additional information can be obtained from the above mentioned email address. Economic operators need to complete
and submit a response to the relevant procurement documents by the deadline date set out in these documents. To register or to check if you are already registered in Ariba log on to service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw ↗. Interested participants must read the instructions carefully before proceeding with registration and are advised to satisfy themselves that they
understand all the requirements of this opportunity and the procurement exercise before submitting their response. For help on uploading your responses, please refer to
support.ariba.com/Adapt/Ariba_Network_… ↗. If the problem persists please contact [email protected].
Please note, even if you are already a registered supplier on SAP Ariba you must without any …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Railway Signals Labour Framework 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Aug 2024, 16:43 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Feb 2026, 11:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
TfL 96898- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012277- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049243Find a Tender
Publisher note: To be able to participate in the tender, suppliers must be registered on TfL's SAP Ariba system. To express an interest for this contract, interested bidders must BOTH confirm by email to [email protected] to express their interest in the opportunity AND complete Ariba registration, if required. Upon completion of registration and confirmation that the bidder has been invited to the Sourcing Event in Ariba, the interested bidder will have unrestricted and full access to the procurement documents, free of charge through their dashboard when they login to Ariba at https://service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw. Any additional information can be obtained from the above mentioned email address. Economic operators need to complete and submit a response to the relevant procurement documents by the deadline date set out in these documents. To register or to check if you are already registered in Ariba log on to https://service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw. Interested participants must read the instructions carefully before proceeding with registration and are advised to satisfy themselves that they understand all the requirements of this opportunity and the procurement exercise before submitting their response. For help on uploading your responses, please refer to https://support.ariba.com/Adapt/Ariba_Network_Supplier_Training. If the problem persists please contact [email protected]. Please note, even if you are already a registered supplier on SAP Ariba you must without any delay confirm to the Procurement Lead [email protected] your intention to participate in this opportunity and your details as follows, so that the Procurement Lead can manually add vital details to the Sourcing Event on SAP Ariba. You must provide: Company Name: Key Contact Name: Email address / Telephone Number: Registered Company Name (as it appears on the portal): Applicable vendor ID (as it appears on the portal): Full Contact Name/s of the invitees for the tender opportunity (as it appears on the portal): Contact email address/s of the invitees for the tender opportunity (as it appears on the portal):
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Jan 2025 → 11 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected13 Jan 2025
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published256 days ago11 Feb 2026, 11:03 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Feb 2025- Published value updated to £69,500,00014 Feb 2025, 17:38 GMTwas £60,000,000
- Status changed to active14 Feb 2025, 17:38 GMT
- Procurement method changed14 Feb 2025, 17:38 GMT
- Deadline moved to 28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT14 Feb 2025, 17:38 GMT+179 days · was 30 Sept 2024, 18:00 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Feb 2025, 17:38 GMT
- Status changed to complete11 Feb 2026, 11:03 GMT
- Buyer details updated11 Feb 2026, 11:03 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.4 | — | The Signals Labour Framework will mainly address shortages in the TfL network. As a result, the labour resources will not be working full-time. The services required will be on an as needed basis by TfL. The working hours will vary between day, night, bank holidays, Christmas and weekend shifts (base on engineering working hours of LU or network rails). The resources must have the necessary skills… | |
| — | TextII.2.14 | — | TfL have switched to a new sourcing/e-tendering portal - SAP ARIBA. The following instructions explain this new system and provides guidance on how economic operators/suppliers can access tenders through the new system and communicate with TfL: 1. To register or to check if you are already registered to SAP Ariba, log on to https://service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw. Interested parties must read the in… | |
| — | TextII.2.14 | — | TfL will be conducted the procurement opportunity via our e-tendering portal - SAP ARIBA. The following instructions explain this system and provides guidance on how economic operators/suppliers can access tenders through the system and communicate with TfL: 1. To register or to check if you are already registered to SAP Ariba, log on to https://service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw. TfL has developed reg… |
TfL Commercial Lead is: Sam Walden - [email protected]
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2024-09: 1 release · 24 Sept 2024
- 2024-08: 1 release · 20 Aug 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 012277-2026-1
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- PCG Associates LimitedFramework contractor
- RT Infrastructure Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- Track Protection & Signalling LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria