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OpenStage · planning

West Midlands Combined Authority

West Midlands Metro Tram Fleet Maintenance

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 34600000
Value£140.0m
Deadline
Published5 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Carole Clarke
carole.clarke@wmca.org.uk
+44 0

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£140.0mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£151.2m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

WMCA, as owner of the West Midlands Metro, intends to explore the potential of undertaking a future procurement process for the long-term maintenance of the Birmingham–Wolverhampton tram fleet, comprising 42 CAF Urbos light rail vehicles currently in passenger operation.

The proposed Rolling Stock Maintenance Services Agreement is expected to include full fleet maintenance responsibilities, which may encompass: • Routine servicing and inspections • Preventative and corrective maintenance • Heavy maintenance and overhaul activities • Cleaning services • Technical support and engineering services • Spares supply and materials management • Lifecycle, asset management and obsolescence planning Final scope and contractual structure will be informed by market engagement.

Strategic Objectives: Any future contract will seek to deliver high standards of safety, reliability, availability, cost efficiency and long-term asset sustainability in support of ongoing network expansion.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The proposed Rolling Stock Maintenance Services Agreement

The proposed Rolling Stock Maintenance Services Agreement is expected to include full fleet maintenance responsibilities, which may encompass:.

02

Technical support and engineering services

Technical support and engineering services.

03

Spares supply and materials management

Spares supply and materials management.

04

Any future contract will seek to deliver

Any future contract will seek to deliver high standards of safety, reliability, availability, cost efficiency and long-term asset sustainability in support of ongoing network expansion.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066352
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
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