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Rail Data Marketplace

Rail Delivery Group

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

08 Oct 2026 at 14:54

Award Notice
Tender

09 Dec 2021 at 12:18

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Rail Delivery Group procured a Rail Data Marketplace: a single-access platform and supporting software for publishing, sharing and using rail data, mainly through APIs. The service covers licensing, development, support and maintenance, plus tools for users to access and potentially monetise data assets. Its purpose is to make rail data and real-time passenger information more widely available, improve sharing between rail operational bodies, and support new passenger services, better door-to-door travel and more effective movement of goods. The work is software-related services (CPV 72260000). The buyer is Rail Delivery Group Limited. Delivery is recorded for the UK; the procurement concerns a digital platform and does not identify a specific physical delivery site.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to a supplier, although the supplied award data does not name that supplier or state an awarded value. Rail Delivery Group used a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition, run as a selective process with successive reduction; five to six candidates were envisaged for the second stage. The tender deadline was 16 January 2022. The contract was signed on 12 May 2022. The planned initial contract term was two years, with options to extend in increments or as a whole for up to a further four years. The lot is recorded as cancelled, while the award and contract are active. The contract period is 720 days. Variant bids were permitted, and English was the submission language.

For suppliers competing for a comparable Rail Delivery Group requirement, the award indicates demand for a complete rail-data platform service rather than a standalone software product: licensing, platform development, APIs and related artefacts, followed by ongoing support and maintenance. Credible competitors would need to demonstrate they can make complex rail datasets usable, enable secure and practical data publication and consumption, and support access for public and private users. Experience with data-sharing platforms and real-time information would be relevant to the stated aims of improving operational data exchange and passenger-facing services. The selective negotiated route and staged reduction suggest that suppliers need strong technical and economic credentials capable of standing up to assessment before invitation to the later stage. The service also calls for a model that can support licensing and monetisation of data assets and grow a user community.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Rail Data Marketplace

Notice Description

The Rail Data Marketplace (RDM) provides the tools and frameworks to simplify rail data sets and open them up to a wider user base through a single-access platform. The RDM facilitates better ways of sharing transparent data and real-time information to passengers; improve data sharing across operational bodies; and improve access to data for public and private bodies. This will make information more transparent, and enable new customer focused products and services to greatly enhance passenger experience and door to door travel, as well as more effective movement of goods and reduced costs. The RDM is comprised of licencing, development work, and support and maintenance of this service through the provision of software and services which allow the publication and consumption of data assets (predominantly in the form of APIs) and supporting artefacts, along with the ability to license and monetise those assets and create a vibrant community of users.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Rail Data Marketplace (RDM) provides the tools and frameworks to simplify rail data sets and open them up to a wider user base through a single-access platform. The RDM facilitates better ways of sharing transparent data and real-time information to passengers; improve data sharing across operational bodies; and improve access to data for public and private bodies. This will make information more transparent, and enable new customer focused products and services to greatly enhance passenger experience and door to door travel, as well as more effective movement of goods and reduced costs. The RDM is comprised of licencing, development work, and support and maintenance of this service through the provision of software and services which allow the publication and consumption of data assets (predominantly in the form of APIs) and supporting artefacts, along with the ability to license and monetise those assets and create a vibrant community of users.

Options: The contract will have an initial term of two years, with the ability to extend for up to a further four years, either as whole or as increments.

Renewal: multiple, so long as no longer than 4 years in duration as a total

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ff3a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095294-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72260000 - Software-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Oct 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
16 Jan 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Rail Delivery Group
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC4V 3DS
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
City of London
Electoral Ward
Castle Baynard
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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