Official UK procurement notice
Railcard Validation Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£503,270published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to FS Group Advisory Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contract Award Notice is being published to recognise the Direct Award to the Supplier to install the developed central validation solution and pilot the solution.
The Supplier hosts the Central ticketing information system which powers ticket issuing systems.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 2 Apr 2026, 13:09 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 14:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038621- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067bc5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
FS Group Advisory Limited is the only supplier that can update their own Ticket vending machines, the contract is being directly awarded under PA23 regulations.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published2 Apr 2026, 13:09 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Apr 2026, 14:10 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £503,2701 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FS Group Advisory Limited14 May 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · up to 29 Sept 2028Extensions: Term extension if required at buyer discretion. · Options: Provision and supply of additional functionality and features as offered within the supplier's service subject to further change. | £503,270 | 21 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FS Group Advisory LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender