Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract for the supply of a bus communications and information system and related services
Notice Description
THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE. Transport for London (TfL) is publishing this notice in order to generate an OCID for the existing iBus Agreement, which, due to technical constraints with the Find a Tender Service platform, cannot be obtained via another route. The information set out in this notice is not, and should not be taken as, a notice of any kind under any applicable public procurement legislation. To the extent other fields in this notice have been completed, that is for information only and because they are required to be completed in order to publish the notice. They should not be relied on or treated as authoritative. In some cases, constraints within the menu of options has meant TfL has been required to populate fields that do not reflect the features of the original procurement. For example, the contract value field has been populated with PS100 (excluding VAT). This amount is a placeholder to enable submission of the form. The supplier entity for this contract is ebblo Switzerland GmBH. This UK7 notice has been submitted for ebblo UK as this is the only ebblo entity that is available in Find a Tender. For details of the last notice published for this contract see reference 2022/S 000-011453, (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03335a.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06cbed
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066759-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK10 - Contract Change Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - without competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
48 - Software package and information systems
51 - Installation services (except software)
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
32427000 - Network system
34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment
34928000 - Road furniture
34970000 - Traffic-monitoring equipment
48610000 - Database systems
48800000 - Information systems and servers
51611100 - Hardware installation services
63712000 - Support services for road transport
72230000 - Custom software development services
72250000 - System and support services
72260000 - Software-related services
72310000 - Data-processing services
72320000 - Database services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £100 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Jul 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 May 200521 years ago
- Contract Period
- 3 May 2005 - 4 May 2015 Over 5 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
- LONDON BUS 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
- E20 1JN
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford Olympic Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066759-2026
15th July 2026 - Contract change notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066757-2026
15th July 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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