Official UK procurement notice
Jubilee Line Train Management System, Passenger Information System and Saloon CCTV Turnkey System Replacement Project
Authority: Docklands Light Railway Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGiven the age of Jubilee line 96TS (1996 Train Stock), several systems are now experiencing obsolescence which impact the fleet's maintainability and day-to-day availability. The aspiration is for the fleet to operate, with an acceptable level of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS), until replacement in approximately 2045.
To address these obsolescence issues, London Underground (LU) have mobilised a project to develop and implement a sustainable solution.
A 'Make vs. Buy' analysis is required to establish the optimal means of project delivery. To date, project development has assumed and have been engaging the market, on a 'Make' scenario for the individual systems, whereby LU procures replacement systems from 3rd parties and deliver their integration across the fleet at an in-house production facility.
This Market Engagement Exercise however, seeks to assess market appetite and capability to deliver the 'Buy' scenario, where a supplier is contracted to deliver a 'Turnkey' programme of works to address all the systems of concern as provided in the scope below - which itemises the Core / Extended scope systems and their respective Preferred solution. The Preferred solutions were determined as part of an LU completed optioneering work.
CORE SCOPE
1: Train Management System (TMS), including Incident Recorder (IR) - Replacement
2: Passenger Information System (PIS) - Replacement
3: Saloon CCTV - Replacement
EXTENDED SCOPE
4: Propulsion Inverter Electronics (PIE) - Replacement
5: Saloon & Cab Fluorescent Lighting - Replacement
6: Traction Brake Controller - Obsolescence Treatment (Repair)
7: HVAC (cab and saloon) Controllers - Obsolescence Treatment (Repair)
8: De- Icer Controller - Obsolescence Treatment (Repair)
This 'Buy' option assumedly, will require the supplier to complete all aspects of the design, prototyping, manufacture, installation and testing & commissioning of the replacement systems across the fleet (in full) at their facility. Such option could be preferable to LU if the approach, costs and delivery timelines proposed by the suppliers present better value in comparison to the "Make" option and current internal estimates.
The outcome of the Early Market Engagement will output the preferred modality for project delivery, to be progressed to tender with the intention of implementing it on all of LU's 63 Jubilee Line fleet of trains.
CPV: Closed circuit television services · Passenger information system · Railway transport services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Rolling stock · Train monitoring services · Vehicle bodies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 24 Oct 2025, 20:55 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2025, 21:13 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068366- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3c0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Oct 2025 → 2 Aug 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published368 days ago24 Oct 2025, 20:55 BST
- Market engagement120 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Based on current plan, the Early Market Engagement will potentially comprise the following stages.
- Distribution of Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) to known and/or suppliers that indicate interest - ASAP from the publishing of this notice.
- Review MSQ submissions and hold technical clarification meetings with suppliers where necessary - December 2025/January 2026 (estimate).
- Where necessary, re-engage suppliers through further clarification engagement and hold technical clarification meetings with suppliers - January (estimate).
Within two weeks of the release of this notice, please indicate your interest to participate in this Early Market Engagement exercise.
- Tender notice expected118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 277 days2 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025- Pipeline notice published24 Oct 2025, 20:55 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Oct 2025, 21:13 BSTUK2
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Transport for LondonProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcuring on behalf of subsidiary company, London Underground Limited
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender