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Published 30 Sept 2025, 10:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Docklands Light Railway System Management Centre Renewal

Official notice

Authority: Transport for London (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: London (UKI)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline Not published

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
34632200 Electrical signalling equipment for railways45234115 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
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Sept 2025, 10:19 BST
Last source update
7 Apr 2026, 09:45 BST
Authority reference
WS2728364254
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031274
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a4a4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

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 history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    30 Sept 2025, 10:19 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  3. Procurement termination notice published
    7 Apr 2026, 09:45 BST
    UK12

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS UK LIMITED1 Apr 2026 – 1 Jun 2030£17,000,00013 Feb 2026CancelledDue to strategic reprioritisation.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Transport for London

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • HITACHI RAIL GTS UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03132438GB-PPON: PZJZ-4459-WXGL Quadrant House 4 Thomas More Square, London, London, E1W 1YWContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure