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Official procurement procedure
Supply of Negative Bearings for Circle, District & Hammersmith and City Lines
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: London Underground Limited: "Supply of Negative Bearings for Circle, District & Hammersmith and City Lines". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | London Underground Limited | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: London Underground Limited
Market Analytics
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Published history for London Underground Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
4.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
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Coverage: 15 active published awards; 7 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLondon Underground Limited | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published6 Jul 2026, 11:20 BST | Last source update6 Jul 2026, 11:20 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05fbba | ||
What is being bought
London Underground Limited (LUL) requires the replacement of existing negative bearings as part of the S7 Programme Lift. The negative bearings form an integral part of the bogie assembly and axle integration, including the negative shoegear, and are critical
to the safe and reliable operation of the fleet
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
6 Jul 2026, 11:20 BST - Official notice release published
8 May 2026, 10:45 BST - Buyer information updated
8 May 2026, 10:45 BST - Status changed to complete
22 Dec 2025, 14:58 GMT - Official notice release published
22 Dec 2025, 14:58 GMT - Buyer information updated
22 Dec 2025, 14:58 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
6 Jul 2026, 11:20 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 26 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,551,699
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £1,551,699 · signed 26 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 26 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST — 24 May 2030, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
London Underground Limited
Contracting authority GB-COH-01900907Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleDirect Award justifications: Additional goods, works or services procured under PA23
Direct Award in accordance to the Procurement Act 2023, Section 41.6, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7, quoted directly below:
Schedule 5 - Direct Award Justifications Paragraph 7 - The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where:
(a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
(b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
A direct award to Schaeffler is justified as any change in supplier could result in bearings that are incompatible with the existing bogie, axle and negative shoegear interfaces and would therefore create disproportionate technical difficulties for TfL.
Schaeffler designed the original S-stock Negative Bearings to Alstom's specifications (train manufacturer), and the detailed engineering parameters, manufacturing tolerances, material characteristics and performance data required to replicate the component to an identical standard are not available to the market. An alternative supplier would therefore need to reverse engineer the bearing without access to the original design specifications, which could result in, a technically different product, requiring extensive validation to establish that it could integrate reliably with the established load paths, rotational characteristics and safety critical clearances of the S-stock bogie system. |