Notice Information
Notice Title
Days Out Guide
Notice Description
This Contract award notice is being published to recognise the Direct Award to the Supplier to provide the account management and administrative services for the National Rail Days Out Guide Offer. The work is split into the Days Out Guide Content Management Process and continuous BAU responsibilities, Attraction relationship management and TOC relationship management, whilst also designing the new Days Out Guide CMS and front-end website. Phase 1 going live in April and phase 2 continuing into FY26/27. This contract concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to existing services and a change in supplier would result in ATOC receiving services that are different from and incompatible with existing services. The difference and incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in delivering this critical service.
Procurement Information
This is a change to a contract originally directly awarded pre-PA23 not under public procurement regulations and where the supplier shall continue to provide Days out guide as a continuing service. Restructuring of contract term to fixed term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-061246
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013524-2026
- 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
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63711000 - Support services for railway transport
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £850,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 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
- ATOC
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Sunil Chauhan
- Contact Email
- sunil.chauhan@raildeliverygroup.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC4V 3DS
- 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
- Castle Baynard
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013524-2026
13th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009060-2026
2nd February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008151-2026
29th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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