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SOUTH YORKSHIRE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE

Provision of Tram Low Voltage LED LRT Signal Heads

Electrical EquipmentCPV 31000000
Value£500k
Awarded13 Dec 2019
Published26 Jun 2020
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This is a large award for Electrical Machinery & Apparatus — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

The brief

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) owns the Supertram infrastructure.

South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd (SYSL) commenced operation in 1994 and SYPTE let a Concession to Stagecoach through SYSL to operate and maintain the Supertram system on its behalf in 1997.

This Concession expires in 2024.

As part of the Sheffield City Council (SCC) Streets Ahead PFI Amey as SCC's contractor has a contractual responsibility to replace all the traffic signals across the city.

A number of these traffic signals interface with South Yorkshire Supertram.

The road traffic controllers at sites where there is an interface with South Yorkshire Supertram are being replaced with a modern unit (telent Optima LRT Mode) and the voltage of the road traffic signals is being reduced to a low voltage level of 48Vac.

Replacement of the road traffic signal heads is the responsibility of Amey, SYPTE are however required to supply the Tram Signal Head and associated bracketry to allow its installation on a road traffic signal pole and is ready to be mounted on the traffic signal furniture.

This work commenced in 2018 and is due to end in 2024.

A total of 63 sites still to be replaced • 2020 - 13 sites (60 units) • 2021 - 16 sites (48 units) • 2022 - 15 sites (35 units) • 2023 - 12 sites (58 units) • 2024 - 7 sites (40 units) The above is the current estimated requirement.

SYPTE therefore requires a supplier of replacement ELV compatible LED Tram signal heads for the Supertram network.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd (SYSL) commenced operation

South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd (SYSL) commenced operation in 1994 and SYPTE let a Concession to Stagecoach through SYSL to operate and maintain the Supertram system on its behalf in 1997.

02

Replacement of the road traffic signal heads

Replacement of the road traffic signal heads is the responsibility of Amey, SYPTE are however required to supply the Tram Signal Head and associated bracketry to allow its installation on a road traffic signal pole and is ready to be mounted on the traffic signal furniture.

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