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Engineering Vehicle - Road Haulage Tender

Transport for London

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

24 Aug 2026 at 08:49

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Tender

16 Dec 2025 at 09:52

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Transport for London, through London Underground Limited, sought a heavy road haulage service for collecting and delivering engineering vehicles and materials to Ruislip, other London Underground sites, suppliers’ facilities and locations around the Underground network. The requirement covers safe road transport of very heavy and oversized assets used for Tube operations, maintenance, overhaul, renewal and modernisation. Assets may include battery locomotives, tampers, rail cranes, wagons, passenger stock, wheelsets, bogies, wagon bodies, cement mixer wagons, hopper wagons, palletised goods and other engineering vehicles. This is a specialist transport service, classified under CPV 60180000, for a haulier with suitable heavy-load and abnormal-load road transport capability.

The procurement reached tender: the buyer invited offers through a selective competitive flexible procedure, with submissions through the SAP Ariba e-tendering platform. Expressions of interest were due by 16 January 2026 at 15:30 GMT, enquiries by 9 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT, and the planned award date was 17 March 2026. The single lot had an estimated value of £600,000 excluding VAT and £720,000 including VAT. The proposed contract period was 23 March 2026 to 22 March 2030. Evaluation was weighted 55% technical submission, 35% price and 10% social value. The procurement and lot were cancelled. TfL cited outdated scope and specifications, unreliable demand assumptions and a materially changed delivery model, and will not award a contract under this competition.

This opportunity suited established specialist hauliers able to plan and safely execute heavy and oversized road movements involving rail engineering assets and materials. Relevant capability includes suitable vehicles, lifting and securing arrangements, route planning, transport coordination and the operational capacity to collect and deliver assets between suppliers, Ruislip, other London Underground sites and locations across the network. Suppliers would need to demonstrate technical competence through their tender response and compete on price and social value as well as technical quality. The work would be relevant to businesses experienced in engineering, rail, infrastructure or abnormal-load logistics, particularly those able to manage varied loads such as cranes, locomotives, long wagons, wheelsets and palletised goods.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Engineering Vehicle - Road Haulage Tender

Notice Description

London Underground Limited (LUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), the statutory corporation responsible for the transport network in London. London Underground Limited (LUL) engineering and maintenance is managed by Transport for London (TfL), the public body running the Tube, with the LUL Asset Performance Directorate overseeing the actual upkeep, renewal, and modernisation of its vast, historic infrastructure (tracks, signals, stations ) using in-house teams and external specialist contractors. The Directorate utilise the services of well-established reputable Haulage companies to provide strictly heavy road haulage services for the collection and delivery of various Engineering Vehicles (EV) assets to Ruislip and other internal LUL sites to and from various suppliers' facilities or around the LUL network. Railway carriages, wagons and engineering vehicles ('EV') are the principal part of London Underground ('LU') services assets. These assets will sometimes need transporting by road for operational purposes or maintenance such as overhauling. The types of engineering vehicles "Assets" that may require transporting comprise of the following: * Battery Locomotives * Tampers Matisa & Plasser * 7.5ton Rail Cranes * Kirow 250 Cranes * Kirow Tilt Wagons * Passenger stock * Various Rail Mounted Cranes * Rail Wagons (long wagons) * High Deck Wagons (long wagons) * Cement Mixer Wagons * Match Wagons * JLE General Purpose Wagons * Bogie Well Wagons * General Purpose Wagons * Hopper Wagons * Palletised goods * Wheelsets * Wagon Bogies & wagon bodies The Supplier ("Haulier") should recognise it would be engaged in an Agreement as the heavy haulage Haulier to provide safe transportation services covering the delivery and collection of vehicles and materials to meet the requirements. This proposed tender which is in compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2023 Part 3, Chapter 2, section 20, is intended to secure a haulier for the road transportation of very heavy and oversized EV assets requiring road transportation. Bidders wishing to take part in the process and submit a response should contact Kennethnwaelene@tfl.gov.uk and ensure they are registered on the SAP Ariba e-tendering platform. Registration is required to receive an invitation to the procurement event and access to the ITT (Invitation to Tender) documentation. Bidders are required to Express Interest to participate by Wednesday 16th January 2026 at 12PM GMT.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f645
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080136-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
9 Jan 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
23 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
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
Postcode Area
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

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