Public procurement notice: Periodic Indicative Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-04-17
Buyer: Transport for London
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 34632000 | 34632100 | 34632200 | 34943000 | 45000000: Construction work

Technical requirements: The scope of the Piccadilly Line RCS upgrade is expected to include some or all the following items, financing, development, design, manufacture, supply, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of a new modern signalling system with associated service control facilities and infrastructure enabling that provides for:
— Automatic Train Control (ATC), Automatic Train Protection (ATP) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO),
— infrastructure enabling works including, for example, signalling equipment rooms and cable route management.
The target schedules for development and delivery of the RCS is for operation to commence in 2030 or earlier. LUL expects to create a long term relationship with the developer of that system beyond this date for the purposes of supporting LUL in managing the whole life costs of the RCS.
London Underground Limited (LUL), an operating business of Transport for London, is upgrading the Piccadilly Line as part of its Deep Tube Upgrade Programme (DTUP).
Following the order of new rolling stock, the next planned stage of the Piccadilly line upgrade is to introduce new Railway Control Systems (RCS), including signalling, in order to increase the performance and capacity of the line by 60 %.
TfL has recently discontinued the procurement of a planned, four line DTUP signalling upgrade, as no certainty of capital funding from Government was available beyond 2020/21.
While LUL plans to follow the roll-out of new trains on the Piccadilly line with new signalling and then to upgrade the rest of LUL’s deep Tube lines, such large scale investment is not possible without Government funding. Nevertheless, it is vital over the next few years for the underground to be upgraded if it is still to serve the needs of a modern London.
This notice commences TfL’s preliminary market consultation on how to deliver a Piccadilly line RCS upgrade for a new era — a 21
In the meantime, TfL will continue to make the case to Government for the steady and sustained capital investment vital to a modern transport system.
LUL aims to build on industry readiness — the capacity, capability and expertise to enable the adoption of new ways of working, build digital capabilities and maximise the benefits of the overall system.
LUL is seeking every opportunity to optimise service delivery and make critical long term capital investment decisions. To achieve this, LUL will be looking at the collaborative behaviours needed to deliver RCS and the technology used for installation of the systems. With market engagement and through the encouragement of innovative ideas and approaches.
— identify modern and innovative tools and ways of working to make the delivery of the upgrade more efficient.
LUL is exploring packaging and contracting options for the delivery of the above scope and is seeking providers capable of delivering all or part of that scope to record their potential interest to participate in initial consultations in connection with technical and other matters. LUL is interested in engaging with companies involved in the financing, integration, construction and system supply for signalling and complex infrastructure systems in order to explore different potential financing, delivery and procurement packaging models for the upgrade.
Market Engagement — LUL is seeking to achieve a step change in the way RCS upgrades are delivered on its network, making the most of modern methods of working and technology, whilst recognising the constraints of installing on LUL’s legacy infrastructure with heavily constrained access provisions. To achieve these outcomes and minimise any disruption to customers using the service LUL is keen to explore means by which collaborative working and innovation can be deployed. This includes how LUL will operate as a client and how different organisational structures and commercial approaches can be established to facilitate more efficient delivery. LUL is interested in engaging with companies involved in the financing, integration, construction and system supply for signalling and complex infrastructure systems in order to explore different potential delivery and packaging models to optimise the whole life cost of the upgrade. It should be noted that this PIN is not a call for competition but has been issued to facilitate preliminary market consultation. The information gathered from this exercise may be used to further develop TfL’s funding and financing, procurement and delivery strategies. Following publication of this PIN, TfL is seeking interested parties — singularly or in consortia or joint ventures able to deliver some or all of these activities — to engage in a preliminary market consultation so TfL can better identify the scope, opportunities, and constraints for structuring the different activities into one or more delivery roles, prior to potentially commencing a formal procurement through publication of one or more Contract Notices in the OJEU under UCR 2016 (or any applicable successor legislation). If you would like to participate in this preliminary market consultation, please submit your confirmation of interest to this PIN by 5:00 p.m. on the 8.5.2019 providing the following information: