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Published 21 May 2025, 15:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Heavy Haulage Vehicles - Battery Locomotives

Official notice

Authority: Docklands Light Railway Limited (Public body)

Goods
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 yrs 2 moends 26 May 2037 · starts 12 Mar 2029

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Transport for London (TfL) plans to procure 29 bespoke battery locomotives to replace its life expired fleet.

The new locomotives will:

  • Operate across the entire TfL network.
  • Support four signalling systems.
  • Deliver increased haulage capacity from 400 to 600 tonnes per vehicle pair.

This programme is critical to TfL's infrastructure works, ensuring improved reliability, zero-emission technology, and operational efficiency.

Early engagement will help shape technical requirements and delivery timelines.

CPV: Locomotives · Railway maintenance or service vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 8 yrs 2 mo
Contract period: 12 Mar 2029 – 26 May 2037 (8 yrs 2 mo)
34611000 Locomotives34621200 Railway maintenance or service vehicles

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
Unspecified in notice
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
21 May 2025, 15:11 BST
Last source update
13 Apr 2026, 12:14 BST
Authority reference
WS2094311281
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033226
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
LocomotivesRailway maintenance or service vehicles
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b57 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 12 Mar 2029 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 15:11 BST
  2. Latest notice published198 days ago
    13 Apr 2026, 12:14 BST
  3. Market engagement191 days ago
    20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    Purpose

    The contracting authority intends to conduct preliminary market engagement to inform a forthcoming procurement of Heavy Haulage Vehicles (HHV) Battery Locomotives.

    This engagement aims to validate technical requirements, understand market capability, ascertain potential options/innovations to meet requirements and ensure the tender is clear, proportionate, and deliverable.

    Compliance Note

    This notice is published in accordance with sections 16-17 of the Procurement Act 2023. Some engagement activities (initial questionnaires and one-to-one supplier meetings) have already taken place. This notice ensures transparency and equal treatment by inviting suppliers to participate in remaining activities and by committing to share any material information from earlier engagement in a non-confidential form with all participants.

    Engagement Activities

    Completed:

    • Initial market questionnaire (technical and commercial)
    • Further questionnaire (technical and commercial)
    • One-to-one supplier meetings

    Upcoming:

    • Supplier visit to the authority's depot to view the current fleet and associated infrastructure.

    Location: Ruislip Depot

    • One iterative test of draft technical requirements (feedback round)

    TfL may add further engagement activities, if required, to support a robust and effective PME process. Any such activities will be communicated to participating suppliers in due course.

    How to Participate

    Suitably qualified and experienced suppliers with the capability and capacity to deliver the full scope of the required services and have not yet engaged, are invited to join the engagement.

    Contact for further information: Phillippa Ratcliffe - PhillippaRatcliffe@Tfl.gov.uk

    Fairness and Transparency

    All suppliers will have access to the same core information. Any material insights from earlier activities will be shared in an appropriate, non-confidential form.

    Participation does not constitute pre-qualification nor guarantee invitation to tender.

    If the authority alters the engagement plan or timetable, an update notice will be issued on Find a Tender.

  4. Tender notice expected149 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  6. Contract starts
    12 Mar 2029

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 15:11 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Apr 2026, 12:14 BST
    UK2

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

Transport for London

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

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure