Official UK procurement notice
Contract for Maintenance and Support of Test Back Office and Test Equipment for Rail Settlement Plan Limited
Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract that is being direct awarded is for the Procurement of a testing service for payment gating at train stations.
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
- 10 Feb 2026, 16:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 May 2026, 12:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041885- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064d1aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Cubic are the only supplier that can provide Testing, Support and Maintenance services for the hardware, as they are the supplier of the hardware therefore there is no alternative to this Supplier as the equipment must replicate the equipment Cubic have installed at the TOC stations (otherwise it invalidates the point of the Test facility) which were installed as the result of a competitive tender by the Train Operating Companies.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 May 2026 → 18 May 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published168 days ago7 May 2026, 12:52 BST
- Standstill ends156 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published10 Feb 2026, 16:21 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published13 Feb 2026, 10:41 GMTUK6
- Contract award notice published18 Feb 2026, 12:19 GMTUK6
- Transparency notice published18 Feb 2026, 12:47 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published7 May 2026, 12:52 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-02: 2 releases · 10 Feb 2026, 13 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubic Transportation Systems Limited,21 May 2026 – 14 May 2030 · up to 14 May 2032Extensions: Modifications to the service: Scope, time & value · Options: Modifications to the service: Scope, time & value | £2,150,192 | 7 May 2026standstill to 18 May 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cubic Transportation Systems LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
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
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender