Official UK procurement notice
Agreement for Management, Maintenance and Support of Ticket Vending Machines
Authority: Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGN) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTSGN Limited requires ongoing support and maintenance of their ticket vending machines (TVMs) at stations across its operating network. TVM's have been supplied and installed by Scheidt and Bachmann over time.
The services to be provided under the agreement generally include but is not limited to:
- Planned and reactive maintenance;
- Life cycle management;
- Oyster services;
- ITSO services;
- Managed application hosting;
- P2PE solution; and
- Software services.
The contract permits amendment to quantities of the services should TVM's either be decommissioned or purchased during the term of the contract, including any renewal term.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2026, 14:48 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2026, 15:10 BST
- Authority reference
GTR1293- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068792- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d002Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Direct award is justified under Schedule 5 Clauses 5 and 7 of the Procurement Act as TSGN have an existing contract with the supplier, and a change of supplier would result in receiving incompatible services as only Scheidt and Bachmann can provide support and maintenance of the TVMs due to intellectual property rights.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 Jul 2026 → 30 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published99 days ago21 Jul 2026, 15:10 BST
- Standstill ends90 days ago30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published21 Jul 2026, 14:48 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Jul 2026, 15:10 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: Optional 2-year extension on 12 months termination notice | £24,172,352 inc. VAT | 20 Jul 2026standstill to 30 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender