Planning

Pan Fleet Design and Supply of Rail Glazing Tender Preliminary Market Engagement

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

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Planning

17 Apr 2025 at 15:09

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Transport for London (TfL) is planning a procurement process under the title "Pan Fleet Design and Supply of Rail Glazing Tender Preliminary Market Engagement". This tender relates to the industry category of railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts, specifically aiming to address the aging London Underground (LU) passenger rail vehicles. The procurement stage is currently in planning, with key milestones already scheduled, including submission of market sounding questionnaires by 16 May 2025. This process will take place in London, United Kingdom, with the contract period anticipated to start on 1 November 2025 and end on 31 October 2033.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in rail vehicle glazing systems, especially those capable of managing intellectual property rights and ensuring compliance with current standards. Suitable candidates include small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can demonstrate robust engineering capabilities and innovation. Competing for this tender could lead to long-term contracts and significant growth prospects, particularly for companies with proven expertise in the rail industry’s technical requirements and supply chain management.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Pan Fleet Design and Supply of Rail Glazing Tender Preliminary Market Engagement

Notice Description

London Underground (LU) passenger rail vehicles vary in age from 53 years old (1972 Tube Stock on the Bakerloo line) to 11 years old (S7 Stock on the District line). Some LU engineering vehicles are even older, with the tunnel cleaning train being converted 1938 Tube Stock (87 years old). The designs of the existing glazing systems for this diverse range of vehicles are in various states of completeness and, even if complete, often specify obsolete standards and materials. Most of the incompleteness arises from the proprietary nature of the designs of the glazing, frames and seals, the design of which was often outsourced by the original train builders. The proposed tender is intended to secure long-term supply of rail vehicle glazing systems and to maximise LU's intellectual property rights (IPRs) over the designs, recognizing that there are likely to be existing IPRs owned by the supplier.

Planning Information

Becoming a TfL supplier : Our eTendering system, Ariba Network, is a web-based tendering tool that supports procurement activities and collaboration between the buyer and supplier. If you're a supplier you should register on Ariba Network before tendering for opportunities with TfL. Find out more at: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/become-a-tfl-supplier About this questionnaire Please contact Tinchilee@tfl.gov.uk for the questionnaire. Please enter your answers in the boxes and/or tables that follow each question in the questionnaire word document Your answers to this market sounding questionnaire (MSQ) will allow TfL to align the procurement of rail vehicle glazing design and supply to market interest and capability. Your answers will be treated as TfL restricted in accordance with TfL standard S1782, Information security classification. This means that your answers will only be visible to people authorised by TfL, typically only the TfL staff involved in the procurement. Please answer all questions and send your completed questionnaire by email to the Procurement Manager, Tin-Chi Lee (tinchilee@tfl.gov.uk) before 17:00 GMT on 16th May 2025. Late Response will not be considered. TfL reserves the right to engage a maximum of 5 of the highest scoring bidders, who will demonstrate their capability to deliver this package, for market engagement. Non-responses to this expression of interest will be deemed as not interested. Participants must have satisfied SECTION 10 requirements (in the questionnaire document) prior for consideration for engagement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050526
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016030-2025
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, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

CPV Codes

34600000 - Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
16 May 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2033 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
tinchilee@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

Further Information

Notice Documents

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