Notice Information
Notice Title
ICT14483 Framework for Oystercard Supply
Notice Description
Establishment of a framework for the supply of contactless smartcards for the TfL ticketing and fare collection system.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Oystercard (the "Card") was launched in 2003. The current demand is around 6.5m - 8.5m cards per year comprising of 16 variants. The Cards enable TfL to collect a significant proportion of its 5 000 000 000 GBP plus revenue from customers using TfL services and some concessionary services. There are a number of variants printed with different artwork to meet the needs of different users of cards. The version of the cards currently in use is the MIFARE DESFire EV1 or EV3 cards. Introduced by TfL in 2010, the DESFire card is a multiprocessor card with 2 000 bytes of memory and utilises 112 bit keys in AES mode (and there are also some 4 000 bytes of memory variants of this card in use). The framework agreement resulting from this procurement will last for four (4) years with the option to extend for up to 2 years. The forecasted value of these orders is between 6 000 000 GBP and 9 000 000 GBP per annum at current levels of demand although this demand may vary. In order to maintain service continuity, agility and provide competition, it is expected that at least three suppliers will be selected for the Framework Agreement. A maximum of 4 suppliers is intended, as this should be sufficient to meet business requirements and generate the appropriate level of competition for call-offs. All cards supplied will be required to comply with the TfL Card Specification and Artwork which will form a schedule to the contract. Cards will be required in 15 different variants physically compliant with ISO 7810 ID-1 as follows: - 14 variants with 2k NXP MIFARE DESFire EV1 or EV3 memory chips, of which 1 variant is plain white and the other 13 variants are printed on both sides with artwork, - 1 variant with 4k NXP MIFARE DESFire EV1 or EV3 memory chips, mostly plain white with minimal artwork printed on one side. Out of scope: The services of enablement, fulfilment and personalisation are not included in the scope of this procurement. TfL will enable the supplied Cards onto the TfL Revenue Collection System and will fulfil customer orders by loading specific travel products and entitlements where required, and will personalise cards for individual users where required.
Options: An initial contract term of four years, with the option to extend for a further two years on a one year plus one year basis.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b41a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065523-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
-
- CPV Codes
30162000 - Smart cards
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £25,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £17,761,800 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Oct 20254 months ago
- 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
- TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
- Contact Name
- Shima Harji
- Contact Email
- shimaharji@tfl.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E20 1JN
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford Olympic Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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