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Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP), Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers, and Handheld Revenue Inspection Devices, for public transport services

South West Smart Applications Limited

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07 Oct 2026 at 17:09

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

South West Smart Applications Limited, trading as Smart Applications Management (SAM), plans a framework for three areas of public transport ticketing and revenue protection. Lot 1 covers transit payment services that connect contactless bank-card payment terminals with existing account-based ticketing systems, process taps, protect cardholder data, calculate fares, and support payment authorisation and settlement. Lot 2 covers secure physical and mobile-wallet travel tokens, including card production, fulfilment, account integration and credential management. Lot 3 covers handheld inspection devices for checking tickets, smartcards and contactless payments, with links to transport back-office systems. The framework is intended for public transport bodies and operators across the United Kingdom, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

This is at the planning stage: SAM has announced an intention to procure, but there is no invitation to tender yet. It expects an open procedure for a framework agreement, with suppliers able to compete for one, two or all three lots. The estimated total value is £60 million excluding VAT (£72 million including VAT), with £20 million excluding VAT (£24 million including VAT) estimated for each lot. The expected contract period runs from 5 January 2027 to 4 January 2035. The buyer expects to publish the next notice by 15 October 2026. The proposed assessment weights quality at 60%, price including ongoing costs at 30%, and social value at 10%; purchasers may apply their own weightings when assessing suppliers for call-offs.

The framework is suited to specialist payment processors, ticketing technology providers, secure card and mobile-token providers, and manufacturers or suppliers of handheld inspection equipment. Lot 1 calls for expertise in contactless EMV payments, encryption and tokenisation, transit transaction processing, fare-engine interfaces, and acquiring and settlement. Lot 2 favours suppliers able to generate and personalise secure cards, provision mobile-wallet credentials, manage card stock and fulfilment, and integrate token accounts with account-based ticketing systems. Lot 3 requires devices that can inspect 2D barcodes, contactless EMV and ITSO smartcards, alongside integration with transport back offices. Suppliers should prepare evidence of technical and financial capacity, quality and social value, and pricing for products, services and ongoing software or maintenance. The buyer also allows related options alongside each lot’s core offer.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP), Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers, and Handheld Revenue Inspection Devices, for public transport services

Notice Description

Smart Applications Management Limited (SAM) is the trading name of South West Smart Applications Limited, a Membership based central purchasing body, which owns and runs the National Mobilities Procurement Hub for its Members. This Framework is for the procurement of Suppliers providing Transit Payment Services, Closed Loop cEMV Token Services, and Revenue Inspection Devices for public transport services. The Framework has 3 Lots: Lot 1: Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP) This Framework Lot is to provide Transit Payment Service Provider (TPSP) services for integration with an existing Account Based Ticketing (ABT) ticketing solution to enable the acceptance of Contactless EMV for travel. The Transit Payment Service provides the necessary capabilities to interface with Contactless EMV enabled validation devices to accept validation transactions (otherwise known as "Taps") including: * The protection of sensitive cardholder data in transit and rest (specifically via encryption and tokenisation) * Processing of Taps in accordance with the card scheme transit guidance (enabling aggregation, debt recovery and liability sharing) * Interfaces with ABT Fares engines to facilitate the calculation of fares and charges * Interfaces with Acquirers to perform authorisation and settlement of travel and inspection charges Lot 2: Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers This Framework Lot is to provide secure closed-loop cEMV Account Based Token media capabilities, enabling the issuance, management, and acceptance of physical travel media based on cEMV technology, and digital equivalents loaded into mobile wallets that can be integrated with transport authority cEMV PAYG solutions. The closed-loop cEMV Transit Token capability provides the necessary features to manage cEMV token media issuance and lifecycle operations, including: * Secure generation, cryptographic key injection, and personalization scripting for physical cards, and provisioning and management of digital cards provisioned to mobile wallets * Integration with administrative web tools and back-office APIs to support batch ordering, inventory management, and postal fulfilment * Support for physical card personalization, verification and quality assurance prior to dispatch * Comprehensive lifecycle management capabilities supporting activation, suspension, replacement, and secure blocking of compromised or lost credentials * Native interoperability with the ABT Back Offices to maintain mapping of physical or digital cEMV cards with ABT Token accounts to enable Tap processing, charging and balance management. Lot 3: Handheld Revenue Inspection Devices This framework lot provides handheld Revenue Inspection Devices (RIDs) for passenger transport services. RIDs are vital tools used by Revenue Protection officers to enable them to determine if passengers have paid for their travel (when inspecting pre-purchased ticket products or smartcards) or have validated their PAYG travel media correctly, indicating that they intend to pay for their travel. The Framework Lot RIDs support the following: * Inspection of a range of travel media including multi-format 2D Barcodes, Contactless EMV and ITSO Smart Cards. * Multiple models of Contactless EMV inspection, including Immediate, Deferred and Hybrid * Integration with back-office services including eTVD, ITSO HOPS, ABT Back offices and Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSPs) as required for the travel media and inspection models in operation

Lot Information

Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP)

Lot 1: Transit Payment Service Providers This Framework Lot provides Transit Payment Service Provider (TPSP) services for integration with an existing Account Based Ticketing (ABT) ticketing solution to enable the acceptance of Contactless EMV for travel. The Transit Payment Service provides the necessary capabilities to interface with Contactless EMV enabled validation devices to accept validation transactions (otherwise known as "Taps") including: * The protection of sensitive cardholder data in transit and rest (specifically via encryption and tokenisation) * Processing of Taps in accordance with the card scheme transit guidance (enabling aggregation, debt recovery and liability sharing) * Interfaces with ABT Fares engines to facilitate the calculation of fares and charges * Interfaces with Acquirers to perform authorisation and settlement of travel and inspection charges

Options: Each Framework Lot is based around a core offering, which is defined and enables the Suppliers to be compared against each other to determine the Most Advantageous Tenderer. The Framework also allows Suppliers to provide Options for the Buyer which are related to the core Lot offerings and complement a wider offer.

Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers

Lot 2: Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers This Framework Lot provides secure closed-loop cEMV Account Based Token media capabilities, enabling the issuance, management, and acceptance of physical travel media based on cEMV technology, and digital equivalents loaded into mobile wallets that can be integrated with transport authority cEMV PAYG solutions. The closed-loop cEMV Transit Token capability provides the necessary features to manage cEMV token media issuance and lifecycle operations, including: * Secure generation, cryptographic key injection, and personalization scripting for physical cards, and provisioning and management of digital cards provisioned to mobile wallets * Integration with administrative web tools and back-office APIs to support batch ordering, inventory management, and postal fulfilment * Support for physical card personalization, verification and quality assurance prior to dispatch * Comprehensive lifecycle management capabilities supporting activation, suspension, replacement, and secure blocking of compromised or lost credentials * Native interoperability with the ABT Back Offices to maintain mapping of physical or digital cEMV cards with ABT Token accounts to enable Tap processing, charging and balance management

Options: Each Framework Lot is based around a core offering, which is defined and enables the Suppliers to be compared against each other to determine the Most Advantageous Tenderer. The Framework also allows Suppliers to provide Options for the Buyer which are related to the core Lot offerings and complement a wider offer.

Revenue Inspection Devices

Lot 3: Revenue Inspection Devices This framework lot provides handheld Revenue Inspection Devices (RIDs) for passenger transport services. RIDs are vital tools used by Revenue Protection officers to enable them to determine if passengers have paid for their travel (when inspecting pre-purchased ticket products or smartcards) or have validated their PAYG travel media correctly, indicating that they intend to pay for their travel. The Framework Lot RIDs support the following: * Inspection of a range of travel media including multi-format 2D Barcodes, Contactless EMV and ITSO Smart Cards. * Multiple models of Contactless EMV inspection, including Immediate, Deferred and Hybrid * Integration with back-office services including eTVD, ITSO HOPS, ABT Back offices and Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSPs) as required for the travel media and inspection models in operation

Options: Each Framework Lot is based around a core offering, which is defined and enables the Suppliers to be compared against each other to determine the Most Advantageous Tenderer. The Framework also allows Suppliers to provide Options for the Buyer which are related to the core Lot offerings and complement a wider offer.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078331
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094952-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

48 - Software package and information systems

66 - Financial and insurance services

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

CPV Codes

30144200 - Ticket-issuing machines

30144400 - Automatic fare collection

30233300 - Smart card readers

34943000 - Train-monitoring system

34980000 - Transport tickets

38520000 - Scanners

48217000 - Transaction-processing software package

66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

72212100 - Industry specific software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£60,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£60,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
16 Oct 20262 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
5 Jan 2027 - 4 Jan 2035 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
South West Smart Applications Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 2AJ
Postcode Area
Truro
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Truro Moresk & Trehaverne
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

Further Information

Notice Documents

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