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Published 21 Apr 2026, 11:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Direct Award for Elizabeth Line 5 years Communication performance improvement project

Official notice

Authority: Docklands Light Railway Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£3,600,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 5 years Communications Performance Improvement Strategy planned for 2026 to 2031 primarily focuses on delivering 27 minor Communications and Control works packages and simple renewal activities on the Elizabeth Line Communications and Control systems. This includes obsolescence related works, safety and cyber security patches, minor functionality changes, and improvement changes to the communication sub-systems for reliability and performance.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
34630000 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment45234115 Railway signalling works

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Apr 2026, 11:08 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 08:33 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089890
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06871a Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Siemens holds the necessary data protocols and software tools required to integrate new equipment with the existing systems without disrupting operations. It is also not feasible to engage an alternative contractor to undertake works or services on these systems.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Apr 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    21 Apr 2026, 11:08 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 08:33 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,600,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED5 Oct 2026 – 4 Oct 2031£3,600,00022 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Transport for London

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PHMT-6197-NWNZ 5 Endeavour Square, London, London, E20 1JNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00016033GB-PPON: PLXP-3652-TTVN Sixth Floor, The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London, London, NW1 2PLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender