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Published 12 Feb 2026, 13:02 GMT

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Nexus Alpha Lift Data · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£2,555,941published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill 9 Feb 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Nexus Alpha Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RDG are Direct awarding to Nexus Alpha. Currently, lift information is manually reported by station staff and managed through disparate systems, creating delays and inconsistencies for customers and staff. To address this, the programme will introduce automation of lift status processing and messaging through integration with the Darwin Lifts API and the Tyrell IO platform.

This work will deliver the capability to:

  • Automate ingestion of live lift status updates from the Darwin Lifts API.
  • Detect and manage lift status changes automatically.
  • Interfaces for viewing, editing, and distributing lift data and passenger advice.
  • Trigger automated messaging through Tyrell IO and other connected systems.
  • Maintain consistent, customer-facing lift naming and advice standards across channels.

The programme will engage NA to deliver functionality enabling automated ingestion, processing, and distribution of lift status and passenger advice information, leveraging existing Network Rail infrastructure (Darwin API, MuleSoft, and Citadel). This functionality must be delivered through Tyrell IO, as it is the live operational messaging platform for NRCC and TOCs.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
63711000 Support services for railway transport

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
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
12 Feb 2026, 13:02 GMT
Last source update
13 Feb 2026, 12:44 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013392
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064f04 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Alternative suppliers exist in the market, but only Nexus Alpha can deliver this requirement without causing incompatibility and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty due to Tyrell’s embedded position.

This procurement meets the conditions under the Procurement Act 2023 for direct award of additional or repeat services:

  • Nexus Alpha is the incumbent supplier of Tyrell, a mission-critical system forming the core of NRCC and TOC operational messaging.
  • The Lifts functionality is an extension of, and technically inseparable from, the existing Tyrell services.
  • A change in supplier would result in incompatibility with existing systems and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty.
  • There are no reasonable alternatives capable of delivering the required functionality within the required timescale without material risk to national operational messaging.
  • If an alternative supplier was selected through tender, business change would be required across the industry within the NRCC and the TOCs that use Tyrell, to adopt the new supplier. TOCs would need to abort their own contracts with NA and move to the new industry system.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Feb 2026 → 24 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published251 days ago
    13 Feb 2026, 12:44 GMT
  2. Standstill ends239 days ago
    24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    12 Feb 2026, 13:02 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    13 Feb 2026, 12:44 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £2,555,9411 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Nexus Alpha LtdSME2 Mar 2026 – 1 Mar 2029 · up to 1 Mar 2034Extensions: 5 years total in 12 month periods · Options: Potential modifications that may arise£2,555,941 inc. VAT9 Feb 2026standstill to 24 Feb 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Train Informatiojn Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 08176197 First Floor North, 1 Puddle Dock, London, London, EC4V 3DSContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Nexus Alpha LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02941132 Streathbourne House Redehall Road, Smallfield, South East, RH6 9QAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender