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Published 26 Nov 2025, 12:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Engineering Vehicle Overhaul of Master Controllers and Spares for Battery Locos

Official notice

Authority: Docklands Light Railway Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£1,701,147published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 26 Nov 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Alstom Transport UK

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The justification for awarding proposed contract in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 by Direct Award for the Overhaul of Master Controllers and Spares for Engineering Vehicles (EV) Battery Locos to support the essential safety critical requirements under the Engineering Vehicles programme of work under Logistics and Manufacturing (L&M), is that the supplier has the intellectual property and technical expertise and recognition that currently there is no reasonable alternatives.

Total contract amount is £1,701,147 excluding VAT.

Direct award justification - the approval is sought on the basis of direct award permitted under Procurement Act 2023 Section 41.6, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 and 6.

The public contract concerns the overhaul of Master Controllers and spares by Alstom Transport (UK) Limited in circumstances where:

Paragraph 5 - The following conditions are met in relation to the public...

(a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Paragraph 6 - The following conditions are met in relation to the public...

(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
34600000 Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts

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
26 Nov 2025, 12:53 GMT
Last source update
26 Nov 2025, 13:05 GMT
Authority reference
WS1851126352
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077242
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e92d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct award justification - In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Section 41.6, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 and 6, the public contract concerns the overhaul of Master Controllers and spares by Alstom Transport (UK) Limited in circumstances where:

Paragraph 5

(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Paragraph 6 -

(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Nov 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published336 days ago
    26 Nov 2025, 13:05 GMT
  2. Standstill ends324 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Nov 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    26 Nov 2025, 12:53 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    26 Nov 2025, 13:05 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,701,1471 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alstom Transport UK9 Dec 2025 – 8 Dec 2030£1,701,14726 Nov 2025standstill to 8 Dec 2025Standstill

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 name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08462831GB-PPON: PRVW-7854-MGPW Alstom, Litchurch Lane, Derby, East Midlands, DE24 8ADContact 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