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title: "Ticket Vending Machines (Retail Systems)"
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# Ticket Vending Machines (Retail Systems)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ticket-vending-machines-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-05ced9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED: "Ticket Vending Machines (Retail Systems)". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [CHILTERN RAIL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/chiltern-rail-limited-coh-03007939)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,909,562 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ticket-vending-machines-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-05ced9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ced9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/ticket-vending-machines-retail-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-05ced9#tl-md)

## Description
Chiltern owns and operates 80 Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) across the stations it operates. This direct award agreement is with the existing supplier who built, installed and maintained the TVMs, and is for the continued maintenance only of the existing TVMs. 
In addition to the existing service level agreements, which we intend to keep as is, a number of additional requirements have been proposed.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30144200, 34980000, 60200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Ticket Vending Machines (Retail Systems) (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:01232487`
  - Value: £2,909,562 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066319-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-17T12:39:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T22:24:11.555Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ced9