Official UK procurement notice
TPT348 - Network - Onboard Wi-Fi, mobile and station Wi-Fi
Authority: Transpennine Trains Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConnectivity in the Pennine region and across the operating area of TransPennine Trains Limited "TPT" can be ‘patchy’ as you pass between inner city, urban and significantly rural areas with 4G/5G reception being poor and not providing suitable bandwidth for the modern traveller.
TPT want to engage the market to understand the options available for improving connectivity before defining the requirements and determining the best route to market.
TPT are interested to here from suppliers who provide any of the following services;
•On Train Communications, Network systems and Customer Wi-Fi
•Mobile Connectivity for Staff and Connected Devices
•Customer Wi-Fi at Stations
•Linked Cyber Security Provisions
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
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CPV: Communications network · Hardware · Hardware installation services · Network operating system software package · Networking software package · Telecommunications network
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 May 2025, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 30 May 2025, 16:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028908- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a0fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 May 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published30 May 2025, 16:06 BST
- Market engagement14 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
Further information is provided via access code 97YK9GY52Q in Delta eProcurement.
Objective of the PME
TPT has included questions for interested parties to review and respond to. The aim of these questions is for the following reasons;
•Understand the current market
•Help refine scope
•Define the procurement structure and route to market
oProcurement structure example – Lot each requirement
oRoute to market example – Customer Wi-Fi at Stations via a CCS Framework, Mobile Connectivity for Staff and Connected
Devices via a Procurement Act Tender.
Following closure of the PME period, TPT may, at its discretion, follow up with a select number of interested parties for further information to help achieve the objective.
For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided by any party will be treated as indicative information and not legally binding. Parties who do not respond to this PME notice will not be excluded from any future procurement activities related to this scope.
- Contract starts146 days ago1 Jun 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 May 2025, 16:06 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender