Notice Information
Notice Title
Extended Booking Horizon - Trainline
Notice Description
Providing extended booking capabilities for customers of UK rail, consumer based project to increase booking capability to a 6-month window.
Procurement Information
This procurement meets the conditions under the Procurement Act 2023 for direct award of additional or repeat services: * The Supplier is the incumbent supplier of TIS Services to the TOCs. * The EBH and Business Rules functionality is an extension of, and technically inseparable from, the existing TIS services. * A change in supplier would result in incompatibility with existing systems and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty. * There are no reasonable alternatives capable of delivering the required functionality within the required timescale without material risk to national operational messaging. * If an alternative supplier was selected through tender, all TOCs would need to adopt a new TIS supplier into their systems and move to a new system. * IPR is under ownership of the Supplier.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0679ea
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029960-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency 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
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £2,289,600 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Mar 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20263 days ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 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
- TRAIN INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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/029960-2026
31st March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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