Notice Information
Notice Title
Docklands Light Railway System Management Centre Renewal
Notice Description
The required works are to renew the current Docklands Light Railway System Management Centre (SMC) and subsystems located in Beckton and Poplar control centres. The works include, but may not be limited to, replacement of SMC Servers, SMC Workstations, SMC Remote Workstations, Networking Hardware, Software, Cabling, Operational Training Workstations, spares provisions, updated installation, maintenance & operating procedures and operational & maintenance system training.
Procurement Information
Hitachi is the only supplier that can provide the required works for renewal of the System Management Centre (SMC) as they have exclusive ownership of the intellectual property rights (IPR) associated with the design, software and hardware of the Automatic Train Control (ATC) signalling system currently deployed at Docklands Light Railway. The SMC is a subsystem of the ATC signalling system. Access to Hitachi's software or source codes by other suppliers would invalidate the safety assurances given by Hitachi, in its capacity as the signalling design authority, that the system is and continues to be fit for purpose and safe to operate.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a4a4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031274-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
34632200 - Electrical signalling equipment for railways
45234115 - Railway signalling works
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £17,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Apr 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 1 Jun 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford Olympic Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031274-2026
7th April 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060756-2025
30th September 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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