Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 May 2025, 16:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TPT348 - Network - Onboard Wi-Fi, mobile and station Wi-Fi

Official notice

Authority: Transpennine Trains Limited (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilities
Planned pipeline value£15,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Jun 2029 · up to 1 Jun 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Connectivity 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:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manche… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/97YK9GY52Q ↗

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 published
Lot #1Lot TPT348PlannedRenewal 3 yrs

Procedure 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)
Communications networkHardwareHardware installation servicesNetwork operating system software packageNetworking software packageTelecommunications network
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052a0f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 May 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 May 2025, 16:06 BST
  2. Market engagement
    14 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.

  3. Contract starts146 days ago
    1 Jun 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 May 2025, 16:06 BST
    UK2

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

TransPennine Trains Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXNX-1214-CQYL 7th Floor, Bridgewater House, 58-60 Whitworth Street, Manchester, North West, M1 6LTContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure