Official UK procurement notice
P-3262 Non Personalised Pre-Printed Smartcards
Authority: Translink (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTranslink is seeking a supplier for the provision of Non Personalised Pre-Printed
Smartcards. All smartcards to be printed as part of this contract will be non-personalised
Mifare 1K Classic.
CPV: ID cards · Printed matter and related products · Security-type printed matter
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£840,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Evaluation Criteria as detailed in tender documents.
- Commercial: Financial Criteria as detailed in tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jun 2025, 09:29 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2025, 09:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048003- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054331Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Jun 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published5 Jun 2025, 09:29 BST
- Market engagement19 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
This is a Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME) that seeks input from the market to inform the upcoming procurement of a Non-Personalised Pre-printed Smartcards.
Translink are seeking to invite suitable suppliers in this sector to respond to a questionnaire via eTenders NI. Following assessment of the responses received, Translink may invite suppliers to attend a short Teams session to further discuss their responses.
Questionnaires must be submitted via the messaging portal for the relevant CfT on
eTendersNI by no later than 12:00 on 19th June 2025.
- Next notice expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by337 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent336 days ago19 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends326 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published317 days ago8 Dec 2025, 09:34 GMT
- Contract starts173 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jun 2025, 09:29 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BSTUK4
- Published value updated12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BST
- Status changed to active12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST12 Aug 2025, 12:46 BST
- Contract award notice published19 Nov 2025, 09:25 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Nov 2025, 09:25 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published8 Dec 2025, 09:34 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 5 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euclid LimitedSME1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2033Extensions: The contract is anticipated to run for an initial period of 3 years, with two optional extension periods of two years each (3+2+2). | £840,000 inc. VAT | 19 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
1 · Euclid LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2025
- Value
- £840,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract is anticipated to run for an initial period of 3 years, with two optional extension periods of two years each (3+2+2).
No agreed KPIs: Estimated value of the contract is below £5million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Euclid LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender