Official UK procurement notice
Woolwich Ferry Linkspan Maintenance
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for London (TfL) are looking to explore the market to establish the interest and appetite for suppliers to deliver maintenance service to Woolwich Ferry (WF) Linkspan systems. The linkspans at the south and north terminals provide the means of access and egress for all ferry passengers, therefore the reliability of them is critical to achieving good service performance.
The service includes planning, design and delivery of cyclic maintenance of the linkspans in accordance with the requirements of the Operation and Maintenance Manual and to ensure that the assets perform reliably in meeting the demands of the WF service. The service will also include supply and installation activities.
There are four Linkspans that provide a drawbridge for vehicles and pedestrians to access and egress the Woolwich Ferry. The scope of this procurement (including options) allows for:
- Undertaking Linkspan maintenance activities that are required every 5 years (replacement of key components)
- 3 month, 6 month, 12 month and 24-monthly cyclic maintenance activities (specialist inspection and testing of Linkspan lifting and span systems)
- Reactive maintenance (technical support, call out and repair)
CPV: Access ramps · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Transport for London buys Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment (CPV 5024), and who usually turns up
Transport for London’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment (CPV 5024) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 99 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid30% / 33%
2–360% / 50%
4–60% / 17%
7+10% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate48% / 50%
Within ±2%32% / 17%
Above estimate20% / 33%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 3495Estimate not published
This lot is listed as CPV 3495. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 35 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–343%
4–620%
7+11%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Talleres Zitron S.A. UK BranchEarlier contract | Woolwich Ferry Linkspan Maintenancenotice published Apr 2023 | — | £813k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Woolwich Ferry Linkspan Maintenance — held by Talleres Zitron S.A. UK Branch; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
- Authority reference
WS2928525947- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075585- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dfcaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Aug 2026 → 21 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published76 days ago10 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
- Market engagement61 days ago25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
TfL are undertaking early market engagement to gather feedback that will inform the development of the procurement strategy for the proposed Woolwich Ferry Linkspan Maintenance service. The scope of this engagement includes exploring market capability and appetite, as well as any associated risks or opportunities, through a Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ).
The MSQ is available upon request. Interested parties are invited to complete the questionnaire; to request a copy, please email : [email protected]
Completed responses must be submitted by 16:00 on 25 08 2026.
At this stage, no in-person or virtual events are planned. However, TfL may choose to hold follow-up discussions with selected suppliers after reviewing the questionnaire responses.
Participation in this engagement is voluntary and does not form part of any formal procurement process.
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 87 days21 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Aug 2026, 10:19 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender