Central Line Refurbishment / Improvement Programme Interiors
Request ID: FOI-2999-2324 Date published: 15 December 2023
You asked
Please accept our Freedom of information request in relation to the following questions.
We wish to have information concerning the supply of new Seat Covers, New Seat Trim, New Seat Foams & New Seat fabric / moquette for the Central Line Refurbishment Programme
1 - What date was the original Request for Tender (RFQ) for supply launched to the UK market?
2 - What date was the PQQ (Pre Qualification ) published on the TFL website
3 - Was the PQQ available to the open market for bidding?
4 - Was the subsequent RFQ published on the TFL website?
4 - What was the TFL Project ID code relating to the Central Line Refurbishment?
5 - What company was awarded the contract for the supply of seat covers & seat foams?
6 - What price was accepted by TfL for the supply of said seat covers & seat foams?
Thank you.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2999-2324
Thank you for your request which we received on 20 November 2023, asking for information about a tender for the Central line seats overhaul.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. Unfortunately, we do not hold the information you require.
The tender for the Central line seats overhaul, including new seat covers, is yet to be released. We are expecting the formal invitation to tender to be issued in the first quarter of 2024. This will be a competitive tender under the Find a Tender procurement regulations and invitations to tender will be issued via the TfL Award portal. For the first CLIP train the new moquette is the proof of concept and the seats have not been overhauled. The moquette has been installed using a framework supplier who already holds the contract for replacement of seat covers on the Central line.
We have only installed new seat covers as a proof of concept, however the whole fleet tender for the seats will be issued in the first quarter of 2024.
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Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
