# VLR Mechanised Cart and Trailer - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/dudley-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Bance \(R Bance & Co Ltd\)
- Award value: £39,651
- Award date: 16 January 2023
- Published: 16 January 2023
- Contract start: 9 September 2022
- Contract end: 13 October 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 24ede206-808d-42c4-8950-46ed281ea7cc-605878
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1a87f1e9-609b-4bde-a442-c31c0986074a

## Description

The Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre located at Castle Hill, Dudley, comprises an Innovation Centre that includes a large Engineering Hall, various laboratories, meeting rooms and a Conference and Exhibition suite, complemented by a 2\.0km test track \(that runs through an 850m tunnel\) for the testing of prototype vehicles and infrastructure solutions\. A self-propelled 'personnel carrier' and compatible flatbed trailer is required, capable of carrying personnel along the railway test track\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/24ede206-808d-42c4-8950-46ed281ea7cc-605878)