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Annual Communicaton Software, Licensing and Support

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Translink: "Annual Communicaton Software, Licensing and Support". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTranslinkScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Translink
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Published history for Translink. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.8Bids / Report
13.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 130 active published awards; 106 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTranslink
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
Last source update25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-037bf6
What is being bought
Translink requirement for annual software, licensing and support to Northern Ireland Railways. This provides software to NI Railways that allows interaction between Train and Track information to be captured and interpreted so that live information can be delivered to passengers/customers via various communication platforms. This covers text messages (Internal operational SMS charges) sent out to staff as operational communications is fundamental in distributing accurate operation information to staff on a daily basis Translink intends to award a contract to Nexus Alpha Limited to carry out this annual software, licensing and support as they hold the propriety rights to the software.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Translink requirement for annual software, licensing and support to Northern Ireland Railways. This provides software to NI Railways that allows interaction between Train and Track information to be captured and interpreted so that live information can be delivered to passengers/customers via various communication platforms. This covers text messages (Internal operational SMS charges) sent out to staff as operational communications is fundamental in distributing accurate operation information to staff on a daily basis Translink intends to award a contract to Nexus Alpha Limited to carry out this annual software, licensing and support as they hold the propriety rights to the software.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    25 Oct 2022, 13:54 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 25 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · £700,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Awarded supplier not published
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£700,000 · signed 25 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Translink

Contracting authority GB-FTS-125
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Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNexus Alpha hold the propriety rights to the software and are the only supplier that can provide this critical service to Northern Ireland Railways for Annual communication Software, Licensing and Support.