Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Labour for Track Welding and Grinding
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Labour for Track Welding and Grinding for Transport for London.
- How the procedure runs: This contract is going to be awarded by reference to suppliers' membership of the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme, which is a qualifying utilities dynamic market. The following process will be followed: 1. Railway Industry Supplier Qualification System Opportunity Listing (completed) The tender has been made available to the market via the RISQS portal. Only suppliers, who have registered their interest through the Opportunity Listing and meet the relevant category criteria, set out in the Opportunity Listing, will be invited to tender. Suppliers, who are not members of RISQS and / or are not registered against the relevant category, will be excluded from progressing as part of the procedure. 2. Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) All suppliers will be required to submit a completed PSQ, which will be assessed on a Pass / Fail basis. The Conditions of Participation, set out in the PSQ, are not going to be used to limit the number of tenderers. 3. Invitation to Tender Stage Bidders, who have been awarded a "Pass" to the PSQ, will have their technical response and commercial (price) submission evaluated. Following the evaluation of Tenders, TfL reserves the right to either award the contract to the highest ranked bidder, on the basis of the tenders received as part of this stage, without negotiation, or proceed to negotiation stage with all bidders. 4. Negotiation Stage TfL may elect to hold one or more rounds of negotiations, following the receipt and the evaluation of the tenders. If TfL proceeds to the negotiation stage, it will conduct negotiations with all bidders that have submitted compliant tenders and satisfied the technical response requirements. The objective of these negotiations is to allow bidders to improve the content of their tenders and further develop their best solution for supply of labour for welding and grinding. 5. Final Tender Stage If TfL elects to negotiate with bidders, then at the conclusion of the negotiation stage, bidders will be invited to submit final tender on the basis of the solution, as proposed and discussed in negotiations. 6. Contract Award Following the evaluation of the final tenders in accordance with the evaluation criteria and scoring guidance, TfL will rank the bidders' responses and award the contract to the highest ranked bidder. If no negotiation stage has been used, the contract will be awarded to the highest ranked bidder, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders. 7. Post-tender Presentation / Interview TfL reserves the right to invite the highest ranked bidder or any bidder to deliver a presentation or attend an interview on their final tender and explain any areas of improvements that have not been discussed during the negotiation stage or need to be clarified.
CPV: Supply services of commercial or industrial workers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£12,375,000
- Economic & financial standing
As per the Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
This opportunity is only available to suppliers registered on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme against the relevant RICCL codes.
- Technical & professional ability
As per the Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
This opportunity is only available to suppliers registered on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme against the relevant RICCL codes.
What 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Schedule of rates with indicative annual quantities.
- Quality: Technical ability and social value.
- Economic & financial standing
As per the Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
This opportunity is only available to suppliers registered on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme against the relevant RICCL codes.
- Technical & professional ability
As per the Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
This opportunity is only available to suppliers registered on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme against the relevant RICCL codes.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Dec 2025, 17:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 17:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
WS2762078681- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079511- Accelerated
- Using dynamic market
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ee4aFind a Tender
- How it runs
This contract is going to be awarded by reference to suppliers' membership of the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme, which is a qualifying utilities dynamic market. The following process will be followed:
- Railway Industry Supplier Qualification System Opportunity Listing (completed)
The tender has been made available to the market via the RISQS portal. Only suppliers, who have registered their interest through the Opportunity Listing and meet the relevant category criteria, set out in the Opportunity Listing, will be invited to tender. Suppliers, who are not members of RISQS and / or are not registered against the relevant category, will be excluded from progressing as part of the procedure.
- Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
All suppliers will be required to submit a completed PSQ, which will be assessed on a Pass / Fail basis. The Conditions of Participation, set out in the PSQ, are not going to be used to limit the number of tenderers.
- Invitation to Tender Stage
Bidders, who have been awarded a "Pass" to the PSQ, will have their technical response and commercial (price) submission evaluated.
Following the evaluation of Tenders, TfL reserves the right to either award the contract to the highest ranked bidder, on the basis of the tenders received as part of this stage, without negotiation, or proceed to negotiation stage with all bidders.
- Negotiation Stage
TfL may elect to hold one or more rounds of negotiations, following the receipt and the evaluation of the tenders.
If TfL proceeds to the negotiation stage, it will conduct negotiations with all bidders that have submitted compliant tenders and satisfied the technical response requirements. The objective of these negotiations is to allow bidders to improve the content of their tenders and further develop their best solution for supply of labour for welding and grinding.
- Final Tender Stage
If TfL elects to negotiate with bidders, then at the conclusion of the negotiation stage, bidders will be invited to submit final tender on the basis of the solution, as proposed and discussed in negotiations.
- Contract Award
Following the evaluation of the final tenders in accordance with the evaluation criteria and scoring guidance, TfL will rank the bidders' responses and award the contract to the highest ranked bidder. If no negotiation stage has been used, the contract will be awarded to the highest ranked bidder, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders.
- Post-tender Presentation / Interview
TfL reserves the right to invite the highest ranked bidder or any bidder to deliver a presentation or attend an interview on their final tender and explain any areas of improvements that have not been discussed during the negotiation stage or need to be clarified.
- Call-off under framework RISQS
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Dec 2025 → 16 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published323 days ago3 Dec 2025, 17:14 GMT
- Clarification questions by314 days ago12 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline302 days ago24 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by231 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent224 days ago13 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends211 days ago25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published134 days ago10 Jun 2026, 17:46 BST
- Contract starts129 days ago16 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Dec 2025- Tender notice published3 Dec 2025, 17:14 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 Mar 2026, 15:54 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2026, 15:54 GMT
- Contract signature expected30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2026, 17:46 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPX ENGINEERING LTD30 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 · up to 29 Sept 2027Extensions: One option to extend for 6 months, subject to TfL's discretion. | £12,767,718 | 13 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · GPX ENGINEERING LTD
- Signed
- 29 May 2026
- Value
- £12,767,718
- Period
- 1 Jun 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 · up to 29 Sept 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend is at the discretion of Transport for London, depending on the specific business need.
- Options
- The contract is intended to be used primarily by London Underground but it contains the option for other TfL modes to opt to use the contract.
3 agreed KPIs: Compliance · Safety · Supply of Labour
- Compliance, Number of Non-Conformities
- Safety, Planned General Inspection (PGI) score. An assessment of the PGI Scores in a Period.
- Supply of Labour, Supply of required labour. Labour supplied in accordance with the Competency and Skills Matrix (i.e. correct number of operatives with correct competence).
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonGPX ENGINEERING LTD · Greater London
- did not winRSS INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · West Midlands
- did not winMSS Infrastructure Limited · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- GPX ENGINEERING LTDAwarded supplier
- MSS Infrastructure LimitedBidder / tenderer
- RSS INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender