Buyer

Transport for London procurement and tenders

Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records · Contracts awarded in the 24 months to 11 October 2026 · Updated 11 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
425
Last 24 months
Median contract
£2.8m
Recorded value
Recorded value
£4.5bn
401 of 425 have a published value
Suppliers
209
Won its contracts
Tenders open now
2
Closing soonest below
Ending in 12 months
158
Contracts with a recorded end date

Compiled by BidSkim from Transport for London’s published notices. Not an official Transport for London page.

Also appears in official records as “Transport for London: Rail for London Infrastructure”, “Transport for London / Rail for London Limited”, “Transport for London, London Rail, London Trams”.

Open tenders

Closing soonest. The official notice has the documents and the deadline.

What Transport for London buys

By service, contracts awarded in the 24 months to 11 October 2026. BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

  1. 1Bus franchising174 contracts
  2. 2Train maintenance28 contracts
  3. 3On-track plant and engineering trains13 contracts
  4. 4Professional staffing11 contracts
  5. 5Rail electrification and signalling7 contracts
  6. 6Railway track and civils6 contracts
  7. 7Rail infrastructure design and technical consultancy5 contracts
  8. 8Outsourced contact centres and helplines4 contracts
  9. 9Rail replacement and emergency bus services4 contracts
  10. 10Road user charging, tolling and clean air zone operations4 contracts

Who wins Transport for London’s contracts

By contracts won, the 24 months to 11 October 2026.

  1. 1Stagecoach26 contracts
  2. 2Arriva London North Limited21 contracts
  3. 3London Central21 contracts
  4. 4Metroline21 contracts
  5. 5Transport UK16 contracts
  6. 6Stagecoach Selkent15 contracts
  7. 7London General14 contracts
  8. 8Metrobus9 contracts
  9. 9London Sovereign7 contracts
  10. 10Blue Triangle7 contracts

Contracts awarded by quarter

53Q4 2024*44Q1 202572Q2 202557Q3 202570Q4 202551Q1 202634Q2 202638Q3 20266Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Frameworks it buys through

62 of 425 contracts were call-offs from a framework or dynamic purchasing system.

  • RISQS8 contracts
  • CA277 2026 Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market for Flexibility Services · Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited2 contracts
  • TfL Infrastructure Improvement Framework · Transport for London2 contracts
  • Intention to Use RISQS as a Dynamic Market for Cable Procurement1 contract

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