Notice Information
Notice Title
Annual Communicaton Software, Licensing and Support
Notice Description
Translink requirement for annual software, licensing and support to Northern Ireland Railways. This provides software to NI Railways that allows interaction between Train and Track information to be captured and interpreted so that live information can be delivered to passengers/customers via various communication platforms. This covers text messages (Internal operational SMS charges) sent out to staff as operational communications is fundamental in distributing accurate operation information to staff on a daily basis Translink intends to award a contract to Nexus Alpha Limited to carry out this annual software, licensing and support as they hold the propriety rights to the software.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Translink requirement for annual software, licensing and support to Northern Ireland Railways. This provides software to NI Railways that allows interaction between Train and Track information to be captured and interpreted so that live information can be delivered to passengers/customers via various communication platforms. This covers text messages (Internal operational SMS charges) sent out to staff as operational communications is fundamental in distributing accurate operation information to staff on a daily basis Translink intends to award a contract to Nexus Alpha Limited to carry out this annual software, licensing and support as they hold the propriety rights to the software.
Procurement Information
Nexus Alpha hold the propriety rights to the software and are the only supplier that can provide this critical service to Northern Ireland Railways for Annual communication Software, Licensing and Support.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-037bf6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030044-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a 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
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Oct 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSLINK
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- denise.gordon@translink.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 7LX
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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