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Official UK procurement notice
Ticket Vending Machines Support and Maintenance
Authority: GA TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGA Trains Limited (GATL) requires ongoing support and maintenance of their ticket vending machines (TVMs) at stations across its operating network. TVM's have been supplied and installed by Scheidt and Bachmann over time.
The services to be provided under the agreement generally include but is not limited to:
- Planned and reactive maintenance;
- Life cycle management;
- Oyster services;
- ITSO services;
- Managed application hosting;
- P2PE solution; and
- Software services.
The contract permits amendment to quantities of the services should TVM's either be decommissioned or purchased during the term of the contract, including any renewal term.
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
- Administrative change
- 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 Jun 2026, 09:22 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 11:30 BST
- Authority reference
GA260028- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086779- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b154Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Direct award is justified under Schedule 5 Clauses 5 and 7 of the Procurement Act as GATL have an existing contract with the supplier, and a change of supplier would result in receiving incompatible services as only Scheidt and Bachmann can provide support and maintenance of the TVMs due to intellectual property rights.
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published10 Jun 2026, 09:22 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Jun 2026, 15:08 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Aug 2026, 12:40 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published14 Sept 2026, 11:30 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 10 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITEDSME1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2034Extensions: The contract may be extended in 12 month increments for a maximum of three years subject to written agreement between the parties. · Options: The right to additional purchases whilst the contract is valid. The contract can be varied should GATL separately purchase additional ticket vending machines. As any additional ticket vending machines would require ongoing support and maintenance, these can be added to the agreement once installation and commissioning is complete. The contract also allows for future modifications and updates to the fleet of TVMs. | £27,947,336 inc. VAT | 10 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
GA260028 Ticket Vending Machines Support and Maintenance · SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 24 Jun 2026
- Value
- £27,947,336 inc. VAT
- Period
- 14 Sept 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2034 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract may be extended in 12 month increments for a maximum of three years subject to written agreement between the parties.
- Options
- The right to additional purchases whilst the contract is valid. The contract can be varied should GATL separately purchase additional ticket vending machines. As any additional ticket vending machines would require ongoing support and maintenance, these can be added to the agreement once installation and commissioning is complete. The contract also allows for future modifications and updates to the fleet of TVMs.
- Change 14 Sept 2026 This notice does not describe a modification of the contract. Instead this notice is being used as an addendum to contract detail notice. This notice has a copy of the redacted contract included, which is a requirement of the Procurement Act. Find a Tender service currently doesn't have the functionality to edit the notices to attach the contract to the UK7 that this notice is linked to.
3 agreed KPIs: Machine Availability · Response times · Social Value
- Machine Availability
- Response times
- Social Value
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- 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