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Published 1 Jul 2025, 10:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digitalised First Use Safety Checks (FUSC)

Official notice

Authority: Translink (Central government)

GoodsBelow thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Planned pipeline value£150,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2030 · up to 31 Aug 2032 with extensions · starts 31 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This PME notice to seek engagement with the marketplace to gather information associated with the supply, installation and maintenance of Digitalised First Use Safety Checks (FUSC) across the Translink bus fleet that will help to shape the sourcing strategy for this project.

A Preliminary Market Engagement questionnaire is available from [email protected] and is to be completed and returned by no later than 5pm Wednesday 16th July 2025.

CPV: Compliance software package · Document creation software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2030 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2032 with extensions
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
48170000 Compliance software package48310000 Document creation software package

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
1 Jul 2025, 10:46 BST
Last source update
1 Jul 2025, 11:25 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036342
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Compliance software packageDocument creation software package
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05567c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Jul 2025 → 31 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 10:46 BST
  2. Market engagement
    16 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    This PME notice to seek engagement with the marketplace to gather information associated with the supply and maintenance of Digitalised First Use Safety Checks (FUSC) across the Translink bus fleet that will help to shape the sourcing strategy for this project.

    A Preliminary Market Engagement questionnaire is available from [email protected] and is to be completed and returned by no later than 5pm Wednesday 16th July 2025.

  3. Contract starts
    31 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 10:46 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 11:25 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Error on dates corrected.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Translink

Contracting authorityPublic undertakingNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTMT-7134-NRMV 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7LXContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure