Notice Information
Notice Title
Traka Software Upgrade across the Prison Estate
Notice Description
Supply and installation of Traka Touch Upgrade Kit across the prison estate
Procurement Information
The following clauses under Schedule 5 apply to this procurement: Clause 5: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-- (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works require. Traka own the IPR on all the current in situ machines which we require to interface with the existing infrastructure. Traka is a closed protocol system which is only supplied by Traka and is already installed in most estates which now require a software upgrade in order to run. There is no reasonable alternative as replacing all cabinets that are existing would come at much higher cost. Clause 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. As mentioned above, Traka are already installed in most sites across the estate and is a closed protocol system therefore any new cabinets and lockers which are required to support increased capacity, must communicate with the existing systems in place. To have two different systems running opens operational and maintenance risks.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ea2d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083586-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79714100 - Tracing system services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £3,137,950 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,137,950 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Nov 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 15 Dec 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial-prisonfacilitiesmanagement@justice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9AJ
- Post Town
- South West 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
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083586-2025
16th December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077900-2025
27th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077693-2025
27th November 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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