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Translink

P-3467 Supply of Fluid Servicing Line at Fortwilliam Depot

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000
Value£250k
Deadline6 Aug 2026
Published29 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 29 Jun 202611 days leftCloses 6 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurement@translink.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£250ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Translink is seeking a competent Supplier to carry out an upgrade to the service road at Fortwilliam depot to increase the servicing capacity of the NI Railways fleet.

This will include the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new fluid servicing line system within a live rail depot environment.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This will include the design, supply, installation

This will include the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new fluid servicing line system within a live rail depot environment.

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

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf72
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060912-2026
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