Awarded contract

Docklands Light Railway System Management Centre Renewal

Details

Buyer: Transport for London
Supplier(s): HITACHI RAIL GTS UK LIMITED
Value: £17,000,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Electrical signalling equipment for railways
Published: 30 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender 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. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published30 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date30 September 2025
Next: Contract expiry date1 June 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

Transport for London operates the capital's transport network for the Mayor of London, and buys as a local government organisation on behalf of TfL, the Greater London Authority and the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation. Suppliers register free on the SAP Business Network, where TfL's contract opportunities are published. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for smaller opportunities. A dedicated opportunities page lists larger upcoming work on a periodic basis. Rail-related work can be sourced through RISQS, the rail industry supplier qualification scheme, without a published tender notice.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Transport for London's contract awards have been in transport services, business services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

34632200 · Electrical signalling equipment for railways
45234115 · Railway signalling works

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-london.gov