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West Midlands Combined Authority

Provision of 24/7 Emergency Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) Response and Repair Services for Midland Metro Limited (MML)

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£600,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published
26 Aug 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

Provision of 24/7 Emergency Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) Response and Repair Services for Midland Metro Limited (MML)

Purpose of Engagement

The Authority is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise for Midland Metro Limited to inform the development of its procurement strategy and future requirements. Interested organisations are invited to complete the accompanying Pre-Market Engagement (PME) Questionnaire to provide information on market capability, innovation, capacity, and potential delivery approaches.

Participation in this exercise is entirely voluntary and is being conducted in accordance with the principles of transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination.

Important Information

• This questionnaire is issued for information gathering purposes only and does not form part of any formal procurement process.

• Participation in this pre-market engagement exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement procedure.

• The Authority reserves the right to use the information obtained to help shape its future requirements, specification, procurement strategy, commercial model, and route to market.

• Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately and interested suppliers will need to register and submit responses in accordance with the requirements of that procurement process.

• Responses should be submitted via the e-tendering portal by Friday 18th September 2026 12 noon.

Confidentiality

The Authority will treat responses in confidence and use the information solely for the purposes of informing its market analysis and procurement planning. Suppliers should clearly identify any information they consider commercially sensitive.

How to Participate

Suppliers wishing to participate should download and complete the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire and return it through Proactis (e-tendering portal) by the stated deadline. Please ensure you have completed the registration process for Proactis, the WMCA's e-tendering portal (https://procontract.due-north.com/).

Proactis Project Reference: DN824087.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 50000000
  • 71311230
  • 45232210
  • 71314100

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 26 Aug 2026
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 26 August 2026.

    Release 081543-2026

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

West Midlands Combined Authority published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £600,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
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Source
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Stage
planning · Planning
Last verified
Wed 2 Sep 2026, 08:08 BST
Read at
Sun 18 Oct 2026, 04:09 BST

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