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Competency Management System

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED

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PlanningUpdate

08 Oct 2026 at 16:28

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

05 Oct 2026 at 12:06

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

South Western Railway Limited intends to procure a competency management system for its railway operations. The scope indicated combines software for compliance, staff learning and training, document management, and time recording or human resources, with software support, maintenance and repair services. Staff training is also included. The system is intended to support the management of workforce competencies, although the procurement description gives no further operational detail about how it will be used. The listed services are grouped into a single lot. The buying organisation is South Western Railway Limited, and the procurement is classified as a utilities-sector requirement. No delivery location is stated in the available scope.

This process is at the planning stage: South Western Railway Limited has set out an intention to procure, but there is no invitation to tender. The buyer has decided not to proceed with the preliminary market engagement it had described and has closed that engagement, so it is no longer seeking supplier responses or expressions of interest through it. The planned contract period is from 1 April 2027 to 1 April 2031. The procurement is arranged as one lot. No procurement method, evaluation basis, eligibility requirements or contract value is provided in the stated procurement details. The contract dates indicate the anticipated service period; they are not bid submission deadlines. The buyer’s decision to stop the planned engagement is the latest stated development in the process.

When the procurement reaches the market, it is likely to suit suppliers able to provide workforce competency management software together with implementation-relevant support, maintenance and staff training services. The range of listed requirements may favour a supplier with experience integrating compliance, learning, document management and HR or time-accounting functions, and with the capacity to support the system over a multi-year service period. Training capability will matter alongside software delivery and ongoing technical support. The buyer has identified these software and service areas as its intended scope, but has not stated technical standards, accreditations, staffing levels or specific supplier experience requirements. Suppliers in these fields can use the planning stage to consider whether they can cover the combined scope, while recognising that the buyer has ended the proposed preliminary engagement and is not seeking expressions of interest through it now.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Competency Management System

Notice Description

Following an internal review, the contracting authority has decided not to proceed with the preliminary market engagement activity described in this notice. As a result, the engagement is now closed and no further supplier responses or expressions of interest are being sought in connection with this notice.

Planning Information

Following an internal review, the contracting authority has decided not to proceed with the preliminary market engagement activity described in this notice. As a result, the engagement is now closed and no further supplier responses or expressions of interest are being sought in connection with this notice.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07809f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095387-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

48170000 - Compliance software package

48190000 - Educational software package

48311100 - Document management system

48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package

72261000 - Software support services

72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services

80511000 - Staff training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2031 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 9LQ
Postcode Area
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Borough & Bankside
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Further Information

Notice Documents

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