Official UK procurement notice
SISJ - Lift Information Project
Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTISL are Direct Awarding a contract to Nexus Alpha to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and customer clarity of lift status information provided across the rail network
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
- 31 Mar 2026, 15:48 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 15:48 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029896- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0679bcFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
This procurement meets the conditions under the Procurement Act 2023 for direct award of additional or repeat services:
Nexus Alpha is the incumbent supplier of Tyrell, a mission-critical system forming the core of NRCC and TOC operational messaging.
The Lifts functionality is an extension of, and technically inseparable from, the existing Tyrell services.
A change in supplier would result in incompatibility with existing systems and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty.
There are no reasonable alternatives capable of delivering the required functionality within the required timescale without material risk to national operational messaging.
If an alternative supplier was selected through tender, business change would be required across the industry within the NRCC and the TOCs that use Tyrell, to adopt the new supplier. TOCs would need to abort their own contracts with NA and move to the new industry system
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 31 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published31 Mar 2026, 15:48 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Rail Infrastructure17 Apr 2026 – 16 Apr 2029 · up to 16 Apr 2034Extensions: Five single year extension options available · Options: Option to modify as and when required | £2,308,200 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nexus Alpha LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender