Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the Provision of Rail Warrants
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract relates to the provision of rail warrants which are issued to service users. The provision of rail warrants is essential as travel warrants are still widely used and provide an efficient and flexible facility for use with families.
Purchasing rail travel for vulnerable people etc, where the usual account options would not be suitable
£60,000 per annum, £240,000 over 4 years and does not attract VAT.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure 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
- Standard
- 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
- 19 Dec 2025, 19:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Jan 2026, 11:34 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007959- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb02Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
There are no other suppliers that provide this service, the nominated supplier is a division of Rail Delivery Group. The supplier will only supply to a restricted number of organisations, of which SCC is one, for purchasing rail travel for vulnerable people etc, where the usual account options would not be suitable
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jan 2026 → 9 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published272 days ago29 Jan 2026, 11:34 GMT
- Standstill ends260 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published19 Dec 2025, 19:47 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published29 Jan 2026, 11:34 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAIL DELIVERY GROUP LIMITED11 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2029Extensions: Three x 12 month options to extend until 31/12/2029 | £240,000 | 27 Jan 2026standstill to 9 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RAIL DELIVERY GROUP 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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender