Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 Nov 2026, 18:33 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Rail Delivery Group - Outboundary Travelcard Revenue Allocation Model

Authority: ATOC Limited (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 29 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Preliminary market engagament to establish the feasibility and scope for the procurement of a software model capable of: (i) ingesting digital passenger travel data and creating passenger-distance based revenue allocation factors between modes for Outboundary Travelcards; Option to extend.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Preliminary market engagament to establish the feasibility and scope for the procurement of a software model capable of:

(i) ingesting digital passenger travel data and creating passenger-distance based revenue allocation factors between modes for Outboundary Travelcards;

(ii) allocation of rail revenue between train operators for Outboundary Travelcards.

Procurement of a managed service provision to run the model: ‎ an Inter-TOC Allocation Service for Outboundary Travelcards (the Service).

Option to extend

(i) the Model to be capable of ingesting data related to Inboundary Travelcards.

Ii) the managed service provision to include an Inter-TOC Allocation Service for Inboundary Travelcards.

CPV: Data analysis services · Data management services · Information technology services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How ATOC Limited buys Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222), and who usually turns up

ATOC Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerATOC Limited · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 4 of 20 known-size awards · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=769
20%60%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 3 known-location awards · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=484
3 of 340%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=74
70 days48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 70 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 34 of 38 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=918
89%61%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i
This buyer5 lots with bid counts · all categories
20% had one bid
The market133 lots with bid counts · CPV 7222 · UK-wide
14% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (5) / the market (133) · select a colour for counts
1 bid20% / 14%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 19 of 133 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 33%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 44 of 133 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 25%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 33 of 133 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 28%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 37 of 133 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i
This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market94 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7222 · UK-wide
40% below estimate
% of the market's 94 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate40%
Market: 38 of 94 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%46%
Market: 43 of 94 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14%
Market: 13 of 94 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7236 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.8m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 777 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 777 similar lots
1 bid13%
100 of 777 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–328%
217 of 777 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–628%
216 of 777 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+31%
244 of 777 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £1.8m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Nov 2026, 18:33 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 18:33 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108239
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Data analysis servicesData management servicesInformation technology services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bc2f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published17h ago
    13 Nov 2026, 18:33 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 32 days
    16 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

    All documents relating to the PME available via the RDG Jaggaer Procurement Portal via the following link: raildeliverygroup.tlb.app.jaggaer.com/go/9159841901A18E285BF7 ↗.

  4. Tender notice expectedin 76 days
    29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 137 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 18:33 GMT
    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

ATOC Limited

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

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure