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# Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of an Online Ticket Issuing System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-an-online-ticket-issuing-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04fad9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED: "Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of an Online Ticket Issuing System". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/abellio-east-midlands-limited-coh-09860485)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Point of sale (POS) software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-an-online-ticket-issuing-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04fad9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04fad9`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-an-online-ticket-issuing-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04fad9#tl-md)

## Description
EMR is running a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to better understand the capabilities, capacity, innovations, and commercial models available in the Online Ticket Issuing System ("WebTiS") market. The insights gathered will help inform our thinking and support the development of a potential future procurement strategy, should we proceed to tender.
Online retailing is an essential sales channel for EMR's business, accounting for a significant share of their ticket sales and revenue. The current online retailing capability is provided under a contract for WebTIS Services that covers the provision of all software, hosting, management and support services and customer support.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 01/08/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012079-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-31T15:05:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:50:10.895Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04fad9