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Published 30 Oct 2026, 14:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

TfW Integrated Digital Platform for Rail Retail (WebTIS) & Bus Journey Planning

Official notice

Authority: Transport for Wales (TFW) (Public body)

Direct awardSME suitable
Awarded value£2,890,164published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 26 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to SilverRail Technologies

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is for for the award of a new contract for the TfW integrated digital retail and ticketing platform (WebTIS) and the Journey Planning engine. This contract consolidates the two existing services and incorporates the future multi-modal functionality required.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
Standard
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
30 Oct 2026, 14:47 GMT
Last source update
30 Oct 2026, 15:06 GMT
Authority reference
C001335.00
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103326
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0794cc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Transport for Wales intends to directly award a new contract to SilverRail Technologies UK Limited for the continued provision, support and development of WebTIS and Journey Planner services.

SilverRail's solutions are significantly integrated with TfW's existing digital retail, customer and operational platforms and support the delivery of related digital programmes, including Project UNO. Changing supplier at this stage would require significant technical re-engineering and would introduce additional cost, implementation risk and potential disruption to existing customer-facing services and planned digital programmes.

The award is being made pursuant to section 41 and Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, relying on the applicable single-supplier/technical grounds for direct award.

Review and risk notes
Risks

During the contract term, TfW anticipates that modifications may become necessary as a result of known dependencies and presently uncertain requirements associated with the continued development and operation of WebTIS and Journey Planner services. These include changes arising from the development and integration of Project UNO; TfW middleware and associated APIs, data exchange, authentication and system interfaces; changes to payment-service-provider arrangements; changes to third-party and rail-industry interfaces; security and technical remediation; performance and scalability requirements; and changes required to maintain regulatory, accessibility and industry compliance.

The precise nature, timing and extent of these requirements cannot be fully determined at contract award because they are dependent upon the evolution of the wider TfW digital environment, associated systems and third-party dependencies. Any resulting changes will be subject to the contractual change-control and governance arrangements and assessed against the applicable requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 before implementation. The contract value includes contingency for identified known-unknown and unforeseen requirements; this contingency does not constitute guaranteed spend or an unrestricted commitment to additional development.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Oct 2026 → 10 Nov 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published45h ago
    30 Oct 2026, 15:06 GMT
  2. Today
    1 Nov 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 9 days
    10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    30 Oct 2026, 14:47 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    30 Oct 2026, 15:06 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £2,890,1641 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SilverRail TechnologiesSMEIntegrated Digital Platform for Rail Retail (WebTIS) & Bus Journey Planning7 Dec 2026 – 6 Dec 2029 · up to 6 Dec 2030Extensions: Option to extend for up to 12 months.£2,890,16426 Oct 2026standstill to 10 Nov 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Transport for Wales (TFW)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PPHD-4211-XYXJ 3 Llys Cadwyn, Pontypridd, Wales, CF37 4THContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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