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Supply of Negative Bearings for Circle, District & Hammersmith and City Lines

London Underground Limited · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 06:51.

Opportunity overview

London Underground Limited (LUL) requires the replacement of existing negative bearings as part of the S7 Programme Lift. The negative bearings form an integral part of the bogie assembly and axle integration, including the negative shoegear, and are critical to the safe and reliable operation of the fleet

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£1.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
25 Jun 2026
Including VAT
£1.9m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00556493
Location
Sheffield, UKE31, S26 5PN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
WS2878567255
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct Award justifications: Additional goods, works or services procured under PA23 Direct Award in accordance to the Procurement Act 2023, Section 41.6, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7, quoted directly below: Schedule 5 - Direct Award Justifications Paragraph 7 - The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where: (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. A direct award to Schaeffler is justified as any change in supplier could result in bearings that are incompatible with the existing bogie, axle and negative shoegear interfaces and would therefore create disproportionate technical difficulties for TfL. Schaeffler designed the original S-stock Negative Bearings to Alstom's specifications (train manufacturer), and the detailed engineering parameters, manufacturing tolerances, material characteristics and performance data required to replicate the component to an identical standard are not available to the market. An alternative supplier would therefore need to reverse engineer the bearing without access to the original design specifications, which could result in, a technically different product, requiring extensive validation to establish that it could integrate reliably with the established load paths, rotational characteristics and safety critical clearances of the S-stock bogie system.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
London Underground Limited
Id
GB-COH-01900907

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01900907

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWJB-7544-VZCL

Address

Street Address
5 Endeavour Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
E20 1JN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI41

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
Transport for London
Id
GB-PPON-PHMT-6197-NWNZ
Role Details
Transport for London is procuring on behalf of their subsidiary London Underground Limited

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHMT-6197-NWNZ

Address

Street Address
5 Endeavour Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
E20 1JN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI41

Contact

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint
Organisation 3
Name
SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-00556493

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00556493

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTZZ-3139-ZYRQ

Address

Street Address
Schaeffler (UK) Limited Waleswood Road
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S26 5PN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE31

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
44440000
Description
Bearings

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00556493
Name
SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
26 Jun 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
26 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
24 May 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
23 May 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
4 years contract with an option to extend it for another 1+1 years

Options

Description
The contract allows for the purchase of additional quantities of bearings, if required based on extended project milestones, as well as additional quantities through the operation of the contractual variation mechanism. Any such additional purchases will be on the same terms and conditions as the original contract

Value

Including VAT
1,862,039
Amount
1,551,699
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-18430
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
063139-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Jul 2026, 11:20
Format
text/html

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Delivery

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
3
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Performance Management and Recovery

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
3
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Service Remedies (Non-Financial)

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
3
Entry 4
Id
4
Title
Persistent Underperformance

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
3

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI41 · E20 1JN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 042347-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 063139-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·