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Official UK procurement notice

Routeing Guide Development · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£793,807published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 10 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Tracsis plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Routeing Guide (RG) is a critical industry reference system that defines the valid travel routes between origin and destination stations. It ensures consistency in journey planning, ticketing, and revenue allocation. It requires development to remove out of date software, remove security risks and modernise the platform.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
60200000 Railway transport services

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
17 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Last source update
23 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016150
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054e98 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

The justification applys because only the contracting supplier can provide development, upgrades and fixes to its own software. Using any other supplier would be incompatible and they would not be able to perform the required tasks. Any incompatibility between existing systems and services could also result in time consuming and complex redesign and modification which could be unacceptable in the circumstances, for example, resulting in significant cost and/or delay to an important service.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Jul 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published241 days ago
    23 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    17 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Jul 2025, 13:27 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    23 Feb 2026, 15:00 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £793,8071 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Tracsis plc23 Jul 2025 – 22 Jul 2026£793,807 inc. VAT10 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Routeing Guide Development · Tracsis plc

    Signed
    15 Jul 2025
    Value
    £793,807 inc. VAT
    Period
    16 Jul 2025 – 17 Jul 2025
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Rail Settlement Plan

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 08176197 · GB-PPON: PMXW-9895-MJXN 1 Puddledock, London, London, EC4V 3DSContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • TRACSIS Rail Technology & ServicesAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05019106GB-PPON: PYVQ-8793-VRCD Nexus, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS2 3AAContact email
  • iBlocks LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYVQ-8793-VRCD Nexus Discovery Way, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS2 3AAContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender