Notice Information
Notice Title
Ticket Vending Machines - Conversion, Upgrade and Continued Maintenance.
Notice Description
This procedure is being applied to convert and upgrade the existing Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) estate across Wales and Cross border (WCB) Stations. This will form a new agreement under the TfW IT Master Service Agreement terms and conditions.
Planning Information
This notice is issued solely for the purpose of gathering market intelligence and does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to a formal procurement process at this stage. Through this early market engagement exercise, Transport for Wales Rail Limited (the Contracting Authority) seeks to: 1) Understand the level of market interest in any future procurement opportunity. 2) Obtain information on potential new market entrants and progress on Rail Delivery Group (RDG) accreditation. 3) Obtain information to help inform the specification e.g. setting of appropriate service level KPI’s; understand difference in potential delivery models. 4) Understand potential for system integration. 5) Understand options around decommissioning and sustainable approaches to management of product lifecycle. 6) Understand any supplier risks, including any associated risks and mitigations when operating in a live rail environment. 7) Contractual challenges Transport for Wales Rail Limited may not have considered. Suppliers who wish to participate in this exercise are invited to complete a questionnaire, which will support Transport for Wales Rail Limited in gathering market intelligence and shaping any future procurement approach. Please email supplychain@tfw.wales to register your interest in participating. Responses to the questionnaire are required by 5pm on Monday 21st July 2025. Suppliers are encouraged to raise further questions via the email address provided. The Authority reserves the right to engage further with all or a limited number of respondents subject to the questionnaires returned.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, a direct award is justified to S&B as the existing supplier, due to the absence of competition for technical reasons and there is no reasonable alternative. In accordance with Schedule 5: Section 7 - The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05200f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076700-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
30123100 - Ticket-validation machines
30144200 - Ticket-issuing machines
34980000 - Transport tickets
50316000 - Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery
50317000 - Maintenance and repair of ticket-validation machinery
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £5,733,860 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 25 Nov 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Feb 2026 - 13 Feb 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LIMITED (UTILITY BUYER)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Christine Thorne
- Contact Email
- christine.thorne@tfw.wales, supplychain@tfw.wales
- Contact Phone
- +447890661824
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTYPRIDD
- Postcode
- CF37 4TH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Pontypridd Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Pontypridd
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076700-2025
25th November 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035642-2025
27th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025570-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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