Official UK procurement notice
SR785 Unexplained Delay Software Solution
Authority: ScotRail Trains Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of unexplained delay software solution covering west of Scotland and parts of the Central Belt, covering areas from Mallaig to Stranraer, Carlisle, and Glasgow to Edinburgh, Stirling, and Alloa. This will provide coverage for nearly all the current electric fleet. We invite suppliers to complete this PQQ and ITN for this software solution.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a 'negotiated procedure with prior call for competition' in which both your…Renewal
This is a 'negotiated procedure with prior call for competition' in which both your response to the PQQ and your Initial Tender are to be completed simultaneously and both are to be submitted at the latest by 12:00 on 06 March. As such, please ignore section 'IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates' in this notice and the dates provided there. The timescales outlined within the 'Invitation to Request to Participate and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN): Unexplained Delay Software Solution' contained within the WAX Digital portal should be adhered to.
To participate you must submit an electronic PQQ and ITN via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline. The system can be accessed here
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009914- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0646c4Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a 'negotiated procedure with prior call for competition' in which both your response to the PQQ and your Initial Tender are to be completed simultaneously and both are to be submitted at the latest by 12:00 on 06 March 2026. As such, please ignore section 'IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates' in this notice and the dates provided there. The timescales outlined within the 'Invitation to Negotiate (ITN): Unexplained Delay Software Solution' contained within the WAX Digital portal should be adhered to. To participate you must submit an electronic PQQ and ITN via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline. The system can be accessed here https://scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=822686. (SC Ref:822686)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 6 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published260 days ago4 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected231 days ago6 Mar 2026
- Submission deadline230 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.