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 ProvidersLot 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 DevicesLot 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
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- 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
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TRURO
- Postcode
- TR1 2AJ
- Postcode Area
- Truro
- Country
- England
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- 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
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- Local Authority
- Cornwall
- Electoral Ward
- Truro Moresk & Trehaverne
- Westminster Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094952-2026
7th October 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-23746
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