Official UK procurement notice
Days Out Guide · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract award notice is being published to recognise the Direct Award to the Supplier to provide the account management and administrative services for the National Rail Days Out Guide Offer.
The work is split into the Days Out Guide Content Management Process and continuous BAU responsibilities, Attraction relationship management and TOC relationship management, whilst also designing the new Days Out Guide CMS and front-end website. Phase 1 going live in April and phase 2 continuing into FY26/27.
This contract concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to existing services and a change in supplier would result in ATOC receiving services that are different from and incompatible with existing services. The difference and incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in delivering this critical service.
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
- 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
- 29 Jan 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2026, 15:15 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013524- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061246Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This is a change to a contract originally directly awarded pre-PA23 not under public procurement regulations and where the supplier shall continue to provide Days out guide as a continuing service. Restructuring of contract term to fixed term.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Feb 2026 → 13 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends250 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published249 days ago13 Feb 2026, 15:15 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published29 Jan 2026, 15:33 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published13 Feb 2026, 15:15 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrik Design and Communications Limited1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 29 Mar 2030Extensions: Two single year extenions available as required. · Options: Minor modificiations as required. | £850,000 | 19 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Fabrik Design and Communications Limited
- Signed
- 12 Feb 2026
- Value
- £1,000,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 29 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two single year extenions available as required.
- Options
- Minor modificiations as required.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Fabrik Design and Communications LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender