Notice Information
Notice Title
Traffic Management for South London
Notice Description
Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TWUL) is intending to award a framework agreement for traffic management for South London. Services comprise of, but not limited to, supply of traffic lights and associated equipment, CAD drawings, and enabling services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Supply of traffic management in the South London region of TWUL's operational area. Supply of traffic lights and associated equipment for a range of requirements, including but not limited to road closures, contraflows, or any other job whereby traffic lights or the management of traffic is required. Estimates of jobs are approximately 3,000 per year, distributed across road closures, two-way lights, and multi-way signals.
Options: Any agreement awarded would be for an initial duration to September 2026, with options to extend annually up to a maximum overall term to September 2030.
Renewal: TWUL advises that the initial term will be to September 2026 with options to extend annually or otherwise until September 2030.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b42a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039702-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63712700 - Traffic control services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £15,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £15,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Between two and five years.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Thames Water
- Contact Email
- procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 8DB
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Thames
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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