Official UK procurement notice
Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and trade
Authority: GA TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
Awarded value£1,782,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 1 Oct 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA service that supports GA Trains limited with Stansted Express AirRail e-commerce retailing including consumer and trade.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 1 Oct 2025, 20:24 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 20:30 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061515- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a64cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Bespoke technical solution for ticket retailing linked into ticketing machines at Stansted Airport with numerous technical interfaces with other systems. Any change of supplier would take significant time to openly procure and mobilise with a need to develop a bespoke software and hardware solution.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 10 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published385 days ago1 Oct 2025, 20:30 BST
- Standstill ends376 days ago10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published1 Oct 2025, 20:24 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published1 Oct 2025, 20:30 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,782,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS LIMITEDSME16 Oct 2025 – 15 Oct 2028Options: Some minor development work is expected on the website and e-commerce platform across the term of the contract for maintenance, security and commercial reasons. | £1,782,000 | 1 Oct 2025standstill to 10 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RE: INTERNET SYSTEMS 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