Award

Routeing Guide and DTD Services Support and Maintenance

RAIL SETTLEMENT PLAN LTD

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

19 Jan 2026 at 10:09

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

16 Jan 2026 at 09:34

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The recent procurement process conducted by Rail Settlement Plan Ltd, a sub-central government public authority based in London, involved the direct award of a contract for "Routeing Guide and DTD Services Support and Maintenance." This procurement falls within the utilities' special regime and primarily concerns the software support services industry. The location is in the UK, specifically targeting the support and maintenance of critical software products developed by Tracsis PLC. The award was finalised on 19th January 2026, and the contract, commencing on 1st February 2026, will run until 30th June 2028, with potential extensions until 2030. This contract was secured via a direct procurement method due to the technical competencies of the current suppliers uniquely aligned with the buyer’s existing systems, avoiding potential risks and disruption to services.

This tender creates business growth opportunities, particularly for large-scale enterprises with expertise in software support services and a well-established capacity for managing complex, service-critical software solutions. The contract provides an opportunity not only for financial gain, given its gross value of £1,180,794, but also for engaging in strategic partnership with a reputable buyer in the transportation sector. Businesses specialising in software maintenance, particularly those with significant industry experience and technical possessiveness of critical systems, are well-placed to pursue similar contracts in the future by demonstrating their capacity to maintain crucial public services with efficiency and reliability.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Routeing Guide and DTD Services Support and Maintenance

Notice Description

Support and Maintenance Services for Routeing Guide, Data Transformation & Distribution services and other Associated Services, bespokely developed by Tracsis. The services have been developed by Tracsis over many years, creating deep competency within the development and support of this complex, and service critical set of software products.

Procurement Information

Data Transformation & Distribution service and the Routeing Guide are critical components of the UK rail retail and operational framework. They ensure accurate routing, fares, timetable data distribution, and manual data capture for industry systems. The current supplier's team possesses over 12 years of technical knowledge and expertise in these systems and associated industry processes having designed and developed the bespoke systems for Rail Settlement Plan Ltd that are thoroughly embedded. The Direct Award is justified because reprocuring could result in an incompatibility between existing systems and new services and could also result in time consuming and complex redesign and modification which could be unacceptable in the circumstances, for example, resulting in significant cost and/or delay to an important service.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-060738
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004208-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award 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

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

CPV Codes

72261000 - Software support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£983,995 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Jan 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Jan 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Feb 2026 - 30 Jun 2028 2-3 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
RAIL SETTLEMENT PLAN LTD
Additional Buyers

RAIL SETTLEMENT PLAN LIMITED.

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
luca.chard@raildeliverygroup.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC1A 4HD
Post Town
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
Aldersgate
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TRACSIS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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