Official UK procurement notice
S Stock HVAC Repairs · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement will cover the immediate and ongoing requirements for the repair of Heat and Vent Air Conditioning Units (HVAC's) for S Stock trains. This will include finding faults in casualty units, rectifying the repairs, and repairing defective Cab and Saloon HVACs which is necessary to support fleet maintenance activities. Spend is not committed as HVAC's will be sent to the supplier on a fail and fix basis.
The total amount is circa £370,254.
The justification for awarding this proposed contract contract in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Direct Award Section 41.6 Schedule 5 Paragraph 2 to Tidyco Limited for HVAC repairs without competition stems from Tidyco's having invested in developing a prototype repair rig solution for fault finding.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2025, 06:39 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2025, 08:34 BST
- Authority reference
WS2424864561- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048586- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058778Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development
- Published justification
The justification for awarding this contract in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Section 41.6, Schedule 5, Paragraph 2 to Tidyco Limited is to ensure repair of the HVAC components. Tidyco have developed a test rig to understand, investigate and diagnose S Stock HVAC faults.
Paragraph 2 States:
Prototypes and development
The public contract concerns the production of a prototype, or supply of other novel goods or services, for the purpose of-
(a)testing the suitability of the goods or services,
(b)researching the viability of producing or supplying the goods or services at scale and developing them for that purpose, or
(c)other research, experiment, study or development.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published14 Aug 2025, 08:34 BST
- Standstill ends26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published14 Aug 2025, 06:39 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published14 Aug 2025, 08:34 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidyco Ltd27 Aug 2025 – 26 Aug 2027 | £370,254 | 14 Aug 2025standstill to 26 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TIDYCO LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender