Award

Bridges and Civil Structures Maintenance Contract

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

12 Feb 2026 at 17:09

Tender

20 Jun 2025 at 15:51

PlanningUpdate

08 Apr 2025 at 10:34

PlanningUpdate

07 Apr 2025 at 13:50

Planning

07 Apr 2025 at 11:31

Summary of the contracting process

Transport for London (TfL) has recently awarded the Bridges and Civil Structures Maintenance Contract, with the procurement process now complete. Taking advantage of the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023, the award involves planned preventative and reactive maintenance along with various intervention activities to ensure the safety of railway operations and civil structures across London. The successful bidder, M Group Transport (Rail and Aviation) Ltd, will provide services for the next five years starting from 1st April 2026, with an option to extend for an additional three years at TfL's discretion. The tender, situated within the UKI region, falls under the category of repair and maintenance services, highlighting its significant industry impact and ensuring critical infrastructure compliance with safety standards.

This contract represents a substantial business growth opportunity, especially for large scale maintenance providers with expertise in civil structures and railway system maintenance. Companies engaged in providing protective coatings, vegetation management, and structural inspections are particularly well-positioned to compete in such tenders, given the diverse scope of works involved. As the contract supports significant and critical infrastructure, suppliers delivering strong technical, economic, and responsible procurement strategies will likely find this a lucrative venture, allowing them to showcase capability and expand within the public sector domain, reinforcing business stature in maintaining pivotal state assets.

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Notice Title

Bridges and Civil Structures Maintenance Contract

Notice Description

Transport for London conducted a competition via the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 and a contractor has been selected from this process, to provide an aggregated planned preventative and reactive maintenance service for the "Bridges and Civil Structures Maintenance Contract" (non-trackside) for 5 years, with an option to extend for 3 years. The services covered by this contract include the application of protective coatings to civils assets such as brick, masonry, concrete structures, and steelwork; vegetation management (non -track side); intervention activities to cable posts including replacement of defective cable posts; maintenance interventions to brick tunnel, covered way and girder maintenance; intervention activities to cable stiles; inspection planning and support services; cable draw pit maintenance; four-yearly interventions to assets; replacement of missing/damaged identification plates and; fault response and reactive maintenance. These services are critical in ensuring the safety of railway operations and the bridges and structures maintenance contract is pivotal in upholding safety standards and preventing accidents.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The Volume 2 (Specification) & Volume 3 (Draft Contract) describe the scope of the options.

Renewal: The term of the draft contract is for an initial five (5) years with the option to extend by a further period of up to three (3) years at TfL's sole discretion.

Planning Information

TfL's Preliminary Market Engagement may include Supplier Meetings, expression of interest in this procurement, completing an Market Survey Questionnaire (MSQ), etc. All feedback received will be treated confidentially and will help to shape the upcoming procurement opportunity (subject to the Freedom of Information Act). More Information on the engagement process and the procurement can be found in MSQ documents which will be forwarded to interested suppliers via email. TfL reserves the right to change our procurement approach. The engagement process consists of the following key steps: - Suppliers may express their interest by emailing moradekeadewolu@tfl.gov.uk and quoting 'Bridges & Structures Maintenance Contract - Registering interest' on/before Wednesday 23rd April2025. This activity is focusing on the market, rather than the merits of individual suppliers. It includes no element of supplier selection or bid evaluation. There is no commitment of any kind inferred by either party. - Suppliers interested will be forwarded the MSQ document and they are to review and complete it, and provide their MSQ response by return date stated in the MSQ document and send back to us via email to moradekeadewolu@tfl.gov.uk. TfL reserve the right to hold 1-2-1s with suppliers at any time during the Market engagement process. We encourage all interested suppliers to take part in this process. Your insights and expertise will be invaluable in shaping our approach. If you have any questions about the process, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Moradeke Adewolu via MoradekeAdewolu@tfl.gov.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe07
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013167-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services


CPV Codes

50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£73,355,855 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£73,355,855 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£99,183,002 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Feb 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
15 Jun 2025Expired
Award Date
12 Feb 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
bridgesandcivilstructuresmaintenance@tfl.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

M GROUP TRANSPORT (RAIL AND AVIATION

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