Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Communication Control System
Authority: Merseytravel (Public body)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Awarded value£176,093published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 18 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Zetron Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement description2 Year agreement for Support and
Maintenance of the Zetron Limited
Cortex 8 software on the servers
and workstations.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
72261000 Software support services
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779cc
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
- Schedule 5 Para 7 (a) & (b) on the basis of continuing the provision of services and the disproportionate technical issues of switching.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £176,0931 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zetron LtdSME6 Oct 2026 — 30 Sept 2028 | £176,093 | 18 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2026, 16:02 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published24 Sept 2026, 15:45 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ZETRON LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender