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Services for Operation & Maintenance of DISAB TubeVac Machines

Buyer: Transport for London →

BuyerTransport for London
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published2 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Transport for London (TfL) have 2 x Disab Tubevac machines, which are used primarily to support ballast track renewals and track maintenance. The scope involves operation and maintenance of Disab TubeVac assets. The Supplier shall note the following: For clarification, the Supplier's Maintenance Services shall only apply to the 'Wagon Mounted Plant'. This comprises of all the Disab plant and equipment mounted and secured on top of the wagon deck (i.e., above the wagon sole bar). The underlying wagon (i.e., sole bar and below) shall be maintained by Transport for London.

Delivery location

UKI, GB

Categories

Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 34600000Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment 50220000Public transport services by railways 60210000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2030

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts, Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment, Public transport services by railwaysNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts (34600000); 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 342,1643 median · 23.2 average (684 of 2,164 with a bid count)3.6 average (750 of 2,164 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer57Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKI1373 median · 14 average (35 of 137 with a bid count)2.7 average (39 of 137 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 systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
How to Apply Expressions of interest for Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) will close on 17th October 2025 at 5 PM. This will be followed by a Market Sounding Questionnaire. Interested suppliers should register their interest to the email below for the scope of works. Procurement Agent - Arjun Mattathil Anilan (arjunmattathil@tfl.gov.uk). For any general enquiries please contact Arjun Mattathil Anilan. Should any supplier not participate in this PME exercise, it will not limit your entitlement to participate in any future tenders.engagement17 Oct 2025scheduled

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-05a6ee
Latest release ID061768-2025
Latest release timestampThu Oct 02 2025 13:29:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
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 detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Oct 2025planning061768-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
2 Oct 2025 · 061768-2025 · planning
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