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Published 16 Sept 2025, 17:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Early Market Engagement - New Tram Vehicle Fleet

Official notice

Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Planned pipeline value£116,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 19 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 7 moends 31 Jan 2031 · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This market test is published by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, (SYMCA). Further information about the Authority can be found on our website at www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk ↗

The soft market testing exercise is intended to allow interested organisations with appropriate experience to outline their views and ideas about the replacement and supply of the Light Rail Tram Fleet currently in operation.

Further information and full details relating to this notice can be found via procontract.due-north.com ↗.

CPV: Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrs 7 mo
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 31 Jan 2031 (3 yrs 7 mo)
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
34600000 Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Sept 2025, 17:11 BST
Last source update
29 Oct 2025, 11:41 GMT
Authority reference
ProContract Ref: DN790855
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069302
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059bac Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Sept 2025 → 1 Jul 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 17:11 BST
  2. Latest notice published364 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 11:41 GMT
  3. Market engagement348 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    A number of days are being made available to suppliers. Further information can be found in the Early Market Engagement documents on ProContract.

  4. Tender notice expected313 days ago
    19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 244 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 17:11 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 12:31 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Oct 2025, 17:11 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Oct 2025, 11:41 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (3)

Expression of interest date change to 27 October 2025.

Revised end date for Pre-market engagement. This has been extended to 17:00hrs, Friday 14 November 2025.

Extension to Market Testing and Supplier Engagement Days

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-09: 1 release · 16 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDBT-6675-QXPN 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2BQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure