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title: "The Provision of Electronic Ticketing Machines, and Automatic Vehicle Location System and an associated Back Office Management Solution"
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# The Provision of Electronic Ticketing Machines, and Automatic Vehicle Location System and an associated Back Office Management Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-electronic-ticketing-machines-and-automatic-vehicle-location-system-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-034100). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "The Provision of Electronic Ticketing Machines, and Automatic Vehicle Location System and an associated Back Office Management Solution". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 July 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery, Maintenance and repair of ticket-validation machinery, Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, Point of sale (POS) software package, Ticket-issuing machines (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD, UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £21,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034100`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-electronic-ticketing-machines-and-automatic-vehicle-location-system-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-034100#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-electronic-ticketing-machines-and-automatic-vehicle-location-system-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-034100#participate

## Description
GMCA & TfGM are looking to establish a contract for the supply of Electronic Ticketing
Machines (ETM) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) facilities, plus associated ETM and
AVL back office, accessories and services, as part of the introduction of bus franchising
within Greater Manchester. The initial term will be 5 years with the option to extend annually
for up to 3 years.
The scope of the procurement is to establish a mechanism to equip the bus fleet with ETM
and AVL facilities, plus a central administrative back office. This consists of the following:
• Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETM) to standardise bus ticket acceptance and sale.
• Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) facilities which enable confirmation of bus location for:
o Service control by the TfGM control room
o Operator administration of their fleets
o Customer information systems such as journey planners and ‘next bus’ displays.
o Other bus-based systems such as customer announcements and driver monitoring.
GMCA & TfGM are procuring contracts for the supply and maintenance of certain elements
of the required Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) solution (such as ticketing, vehicle
location, and driver communications systems) to ensure a standardised approach, which
would then be made available to franchise operators by way of a separate agreement who
would be required to utilise this equipment. This could potentially include a transitional
phase from current operator-owned ITS equipment to that procured by GMCA & TfGM.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30144200, 34000000, 42961300, 48110000, 50316000, 50317000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** GMCA & TfGM are looking to establish a contract for the supply of Electronic Ticketing
Machines (ETM) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) facilities, plus associated ETM and
AVL back office, accessories and services, as part of the introduction of b...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033851-2022-DN575200-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ticketer Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176353`
  - Value: £21,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033851-2022-DN575200-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £21,000,000
  - Signed Date: 19/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033851-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-29T17:21:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T06:49:53.609Z
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