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Published 15 Jun 2026, 12:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Commercial Railcard Partner

Official notice

Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£2,654,320published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jun 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Santander UK plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contract Award Notice is being published to recognise the Direct Award to the Supplier.

This Direct award is to to allow extra time for legal negotiations to happen to put in the main contract for Strategic Commercial Railcard Partner following the award of the contract via the tender process that was conducted.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
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
15 Jun 2026, 12:19 BST
Last source update
15 Jun 2026, 16:41 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056342
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b4e6 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure

Published justification

Santander is the current incumbent supplier for the Railcards. They have also won the tender for the new contract that is due to be ut in place.this transparency notice is put in place to allow extra trime for the new contract to be put in place.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jun 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Jun 2026, 12:19 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Jun 2026, 16:41 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,654,3201 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Santander UK plc1 Jul 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 29 Jan 2027Extensions: Short extension available as required.£2,654,3201 Jun 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Rail Delivery Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 08176197 1 Puddle Dock, London, London, EC4V 3DSContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SantanderAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMLN-4498-BBMD 2 Triton Square, London, London, NW1 3ANContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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