Planning

Door Leaves for 92TS and 96TS

LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED

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04 Apr 2025 at 20:42

Summary of the contracting process

London Underground Limited, in collaboration with Transport for London, is initiating a procurement process titled "Door Leaves for 92TS and 96TS" within the rolling stock industry category. The project aims to source the design and manufacture of saloon door panels for multiple tube lines in London, including Jubilee, Central, and Waterloo & City lines. The procurement is in the planning stage, with a preliminary market engagement notice already published. Key milestones include developing and publishing the tender package by 15 June 2025 and completing the tender process within 7 to 9 months. The contract period is expected to start on 15 February 2026 and end on 14 February 2030, with an estimated gross value of £24 million.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for specialist suppliers in the rail components manufacturing sector. Businesses capable of designing, testing, and manufacturing aluminium-based door panels are well-suited to compete. The procurement process emphasizes engaging with suppliers who can fulfil the technical requirements for approximately 500 door leaves for the Central, Waterloo & City Lines and 5,400 door leaves for the Jubilee Line. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, potentially benefiting from long-term contracts spanning four years and substantial contract values. This engagement also provides an avenue for suppliers to contribute to essential public transportation infrastructure improvements in London.

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Notice Title

Door Leaves for 92TS and 96TS

Notice Description

This Preliminary Market Engagement is issued by London Underground Limited (LUL) for the 1992 & 1996 Tube Stock (92 TS & 96TS respectively) towards Design and Manufacture of Saloon Door Panels for Jubilee, Central, Waterloo and City lines & Jubilee lines. This document was created to help evaluate market and develop an efficient route to the market to explore the best options to procure new door panels. The focus is to engage with a specialist supplier who can Design, Test and Manufacture an aluminum skin, aluminium frame, aluminium honeycomb door panel in line with the requirements indicated in the Document that will be shared by the TfL representatives with your company. The requirement is approximately to design and manufacture 500 door leaves for its Central, Waterloo & City Lines and 5400 door leaves for the Jubilee Line

Planning Information

The sourcing plan is to develop and publish a Tender package by 15.06.2025 after the completion and review of responses from potential suppliers towards the Preliminary Market Engagement published. TfL also desires to complete the Tender process within 7 to 9 months from the date of publishing the tender.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fdbc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013257-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)


CPV Codes

34620000 - Rolling stock

34630000 - Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment

44221200 - Doors

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£20,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Apr 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Jun 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
15 Feb 2026 - 14 Feb 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED
Additional Buyers

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E20 1JN
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford Olympic Park
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Further Information

Notice Documents

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