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title: "Pay As You Go (PAYG) Tap Converter Service (TCS)"
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# Pay As You Go (PAYG) Tap Converter Service (TCS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pay-as-you-go-payg-tap-converter-service-tcs-ocds-h6vhtk-041113). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rail Delivery Group: "Pay As You Go (PAYG) Tap Converter Service (TCS)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Dec 2023, 23:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.raildeliverygroup.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Rail Delivery Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rail-delivery-group-GB-COH-08176197)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 December 2023 at 23:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Automatic fare collection, Public transport services by railways, Railway equipment, Sale of travel tickets and package tours services, Tickets (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pay-as-you-go-payg-tap-converter-service-tcs-ocds-h6vhtk-041113#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041113`

## 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/pay-as-you-go-payg-tap-converter-service-tcs-ocds-h6vhtk-041113#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [raildeliverygroup.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raildeliverygroup.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pay-as-you-go-payg-tap-converter-service-tcs-ocds-h6vhtk-041113#participate

## Description
This PIN has been issued by Rail Settlement Plan (RSP) Limited, trading as Rail Delivery Group (RDG) under the auspices of its members Train Operating Companies (TOC) who operate main line passenger train services in the United Kingdom (TOCs).
RDG may look to procure a Tap Converter Service (TCS) to support regional and national implementations of Pay As You Go (PAYG) on rail. The TCS, will allow PAYG Operators to submit taps (from multiple token types) from which it will construct journeys and determine the best available fare based on the latest available rail data (e.g. timetable, disruption, fares etc).  It will then provide the calculated fare information to the PAYG Operator to charge the customer and submit settlement records to the rail industry settlement engine (LENNON). TCS will also provide a series of management functions and facilitate access to the data it holds to support the PAYG Operator.
This Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) acts to instigate the following:
- to allow RDG to reduce the tendering periods if a procurement exercise is commenced
- to provide advance notice to the market of an imminent procurement activity to procure a PAYG/TCS
- to provide an initial outline of the scope of services,
- allow participants to take part in a market sounding exercise, prior to the commencement of the procurement.
In accordance with the expectations of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, RDG expects to novate the contracts associated with this solution to an appropriate company within Great British Railways in due course.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 22459000, 30144400, 34940000, 34980000, 60210000, 63512000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This PIN has been issued by Rail Settlement Plan (RSP) Limited, trading as Rail Delivery Group (RDG) under the auspices of its members Train Operating Companies who operate main line passenger train services in the United Kingdom (TOCs). RDG brings t...

- **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%2F032364-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-01T16:08:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:25:44.085Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041113