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Published 1 Jul 2025, 12:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Maintenance & Supply of Metrobus iPoints

Official notice

Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Software Packages & ERP (48)
+1 moreRepair & Maintenance (50)
 Delivery: South West (UKK1)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 9 Oct 2031 · up to 9 Oct 2033 with extensions · starts 10 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bristol City Council (BCC) are issuing a speculative soft market testing notice to understand the interest in the market relating to the maintenance & supply of Metrobus iPoints.

There are currently around 91 'iPoint' units across the metrobus network in the Bristol region. Our current contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of these iPoints expires in October 2026. We are engaging with the market to understand interest in adopting the existing units and maintaining their operation further expiry of our existing arrangement.

Please note that partaking in this soft market testing process does not guarantee your organisation future contracts with the Council. Any requirements will be tendered in adherence to the Bristol City Council procurement rules & Procurement Act 2023.

Please note an estimated contract duration is required for this notice however this is indicative and the term will be confirmed in any future tender documentation.

To register an interest please complete the soft market testing form which can be found on ProContract - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

CPV: Automatic fare collection · Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery · Maintenance and repair of ticket-validation machinery · Point of sale (POS) software package · Real-time passenger information system · Ticket-issuing machines · Ticket-validation machines · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 10 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 9 Oct 2033 with extensions
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
30123100 Ticket-validation machines30144200 Ticket-issuing machines30144400 Automatic fare collection34000000 Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation48110000 Point of sale (POS) software package48813200 Real-time passenger information system

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
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, 12:14 BST
Last source update
1 Jul 2025, 12:14 BST
Authority reference
DN780412
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036373
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Automatic fare collectionMaintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machineryMaintenance and repair of ticket-validation machineryPoint of sale (POS) software packageReal-time passenger information systemTicket-issuing machinesTicket-validation machinesTransport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0556a1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Jul 2025 → 10 Oct 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 12:14 BST
  2. Market engagement
    25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    Organisations who are interested the potential future contract are asked to complete the soft market testing form & submit via ProContract - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

    Please note that partaking in this soft market testing process does not guarantee your organisation future contracts with the Council. Any requirements will be tendered in adherence to the Bristol City Council procurement rules & Procurement Act 2023. We are engaging with the market to understand interest in adopting the existing units and maintaining their operation further expiry of our existing arrangement.

  3. Contract starts18 days ago
    10 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 12:14 BST
    UK2

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

Bristol City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWXH-3837-PDTD City Hall, College Green, Bristol, South West, BS1 5TRContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure