Official UK procurement notice
Cash Handling and Cash in Transit Services
Authority: ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServices Required
This contract is made up of a variety of services which are dependent on the size, scale and staffing levels of each station. Services included as part of the contract include, collection and banking of cash/cheque bags, delivery of change, collection of waste tickets, ticket vending machine replenishment, basic troubleshooting of ticket machines, delivery of cash and documents and management services associated with day-to-day operations.
Ticket Office Services
- Collection of cash/Cheque bags
- Secure transit and banking of collected cash and cheques.
- Collection of document bags 'Secure Packages' from ticket offices
- Delivery of change such as smaller notes and coins.
- Collection and movement of waste tickets for central disposal.
- Daily reporting
Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) Services
- Collection of cash from Scheidt & Bachmann TVM's
- Secure transit and banking of collected cash.
- Topping up of change in TVMs
- Fingertip Maintenance to troubleshoot basic technical and operational issues at machines e.g. basic resets, removals of coin and ticket jams, reporting of issues to a central help desk.
- Replenishment of train ticket stock
- Daily reporting
Car Park Machines
- Collection of cash from Flowbird Parking Machines
- Secure transit and banking of collected cash.
- Fingertip Maintenance to troubleshoot basic technical and operational issues at machines and reporting of issues to a central helpdesk.
- Replenishment of ticket stock
- Daily reporting
Cammax Smart Kiosks
- Fingertip Maintenance to troubleshoot basic technical and operational issues at machines and reporting of issues to a central helpdesk.
- Replenishment of paper roll ticket stock
- How the procedure runs: Expression of Interest Stage Procurement Specific Questionnaire stage including Confirmation of core supplier information, Associated persons Conditions of Participation- EMR Specific Questions Conditions of Participation- Project Specific Questions Initiation to Tender Negotiation stage (optional) Presentation stage (Optional)
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Following assessment of the 'Conditions of Participation', compliant Tenderers will be invited to submit an initial Tender which will be the basis for the subsequent negotiations.
Based on an evaluation of their initial Tender as per the scoring criteria detailed in this document, EMR will down select to a maximum of 3 Tenderers who will be invited to participate in a negotiation stage.
Initial Tenders will be used as the basis for negotiation to refine their content.
Following negotiation, Tenderers shall be invited to submit a final revised Tender, the evaluation of revised Tenders shall be as per the scoring criteria detailed in this document.
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 Ability: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Ability
- Commercial
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Following assessment of the 'Conditions of Participation', compliant Tenderers will be invited to submit an initial Tender which will be the basis for the subsequent negotiations.
Based on an evaluation of their initial Tender as per the scoring criteria detailed in this document, EMR will down select to a maximum of 3 Tenderers who will be invited to participate in a negotiation stage.
Initial Tenders will be used as the basis for negotiation to refine their content.
Following negotiation, Tenderers shall be invited to submit a final revised Tender, the evaluation of revised Tenders shall be as per the scoring criteria detailed in this document.
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 3 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 May 2026, 16:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 May 2026
- Authority reference
EMR/CW06/- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079447- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ee27Find a Tender
- How it runs
Expression of Interest Stage
Procurement Specific Questionnaire stage including
Confirmation of core supplier information, Associated persons
Conditions of Participation- EMR Specific Questions
Conditions of Participation- Project Specific Questions
Initiation to Tender
Negotiation stage (optional)
Presentation stage (Optional)
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Dec 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published322 days ago3 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMT
- Submission deadline272 days ago21 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent163 days ago11 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by161 days ago12 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published156 days ago18 May 2026, 16:48 BST
- Contract starts112 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Dec 2025- Tender notice published3 Dec 2025, 15:37 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 May 2026, 16:48 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 May 2026, 16:48 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Plus Limited1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029 · up to 30 Jun 2032Extensions: Can be extended for up to 3 years in 1 year increments | £500,000 | 11 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SECURITY PLUS LIMITEDAwarded 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender