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# First Rail Customer App Development Procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/first-rail-customer-app-development-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf8d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED: "First Rail Customer App Development Procurement". Published status: active. Published Value: £4,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Aug 2023. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-rail-holdings-limited-GB-COH-05154485)
- **Published Value:** £4,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 August 2023 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03cf8d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/first-rail-customer-app-development-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf8d#tl-md)

## Description
First Rail are seeking a development partner for their existing customer-facing iOS and Android mobile apps. The requirement is for a mixture of dedicated/retained and ad-hoc/on demand teams for the ability to deliver against a prioritised roadmap of feature development, security enhancements and bug fixes. The supplier will deliver roadmap items, maintain backlog, plan sprints and releases, manage UAT phases and contribute to ongoing user research activities. The supplier will also manage the development, test, staging and production environments, ensuring alignment (as close as possible) between staging and prod. The supplier must have extensive experience and knowledge of the UK rail retail market and associated RDG standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £4,700,000
- **Description:** FirstGroup operates passenger bus and rail services across the UK, providing customers with a family of apps to search, plan and purchase tickets for travel. First Rail is part of FirstGroup and are seeking a development partner for their customer-fa...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015003-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-25T16:34:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:59:06.360Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03cf8d