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title: "Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Central Back Office (CBO) HOPS"
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# Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Central Back Office (CBO) HOPS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-delivery-group-rdg-central-back-office-cbo-hops-ocds-h6vhtk-02934d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rail Settlement Plan Limited: "Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Central Back Office (CBO) HOPS". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Mar 2021, 23:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procurement.raildeliverygroup.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Rail Settlement Plan Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rail-settlement-plan-limited-coh-03069042)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 March 2021 at 23:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-delivery-group-rdg-central-back-office-cbo-hops-ocds-h6vhtk-02934d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02934d`

## Before you bid
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- **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/rail-delivery-group-rdg-central-back-office-cbo-hops-ocds-h6vhtk-02934d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procurement.raildeliverygroup.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocurement.raildeliverygroup.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rail-delivery-group-rdg-central-back-office-cbo-hops-ocds-h6vhtk-02934d#participate

## Description
Rail Delivery Group (RDG) wishes to replace our Host Operator or Processing System (HOPS) and invites Bidders to demonstrate their capabilities for providing an innovative proposal in line with the requirements detailed within this specification.
There will be three phases for this work:
1) Replace existing solution;
2) Design and build of the additional requirements defined in the SOR; and
3) To provide ongoing support, maintenance and development to the HOPS.
RDG envisages the contract to cover the design and build elements as well as the support and maintenance, as Product enhancements are released iteratively. RDG is looking for the contract to have an initial term of four years, with the ability to extend for up to a further three years, either as whole or as increments.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** RDG is a membership organisation that brings together the companies that run Britain's railway into a single team with one goal, to deliver a better railway. Modernising ticketing and improving the customer journey are top priorities for passengers a...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 026879-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 026879-2021-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 23/10/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026879-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-27T10:03:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T06:30:58.234Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02934d