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Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates with EMV Readers, associated software and integration services

Including installation
Industry specific software development services
Ticket-validation machines
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED: "Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates with EMV Readers, associated software and integration services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNORTHERN TRAINS LIMITEDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.9Bids / Report
40% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
PORTERBROOK LEASING COMPANY LIMITEDTop vendor: 58% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 59 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
PORTERBROOK LEASING COMPANY LIMITED1 win£222,022,200
SIEMENS MOBILITY LIMITED1 win£158,239,856
EXPLOSIVE LEARNING SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 win£1,550,000
MORSON HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED1 win£360,000
STHREE PARTNERSHIP LLP1 win£253,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
Last source update5 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIncluding installation, Industry specific software development services, Ticket-validation machines
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05557f
What is being bought
Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates (ATGs) with EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) readers, associated software and integration into the into the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Bee Network (Phase 1). The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment and software to allow payment transactions to integrate into the TfGM Account-Based Ticketing (ABT) scheme.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    5 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Jun 2025, 16:49 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Jun 2025, 16:49 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    28 Jun 2025, 16:49 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates (ATGs) with EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) readers and associated software. This will integrate into the into the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Bee Network (Phase 1). The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment and software to allow payment transactions to integrate into the TfGM Account-Based Ticketing (ABT) scheme. The activities will include as minimum: • Software development. • Upgrade of payment readers to accept contactless EMV physical and virtual cards on devices alongside existing fare media • Deployment of a supplier middle office. • Integration from the supplier middle office to the TfGM Secure Middle Office (SMO). • PCI certification. • Supply & Install of EMV readers. • Commissioning of devices for use at various stations on the operating networks of Northern Trains Limited 'NTL', TransPenine Trains Limited 'TPT', and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 'Avanti'.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Aug 2025, 14:14 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
SCHEIDT & BACHMANN FCS GMBH
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Contracting authority GB-COH-03076444
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  • NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
    buyer

    GB-COH: 03076444
    George Stephenson House, York, UKE21, YO16JT
    Robin.Horsman@northernrailway.co.uk
    +44 7827937566

  • Department for Transport
    reviewBody

    Great Minster House,, London, SW1P 4DR

  • SCHEIDT & BACHMANN FCS GMBH
    supplier

    HRB 2125
    Mönchengladbach, DE
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAward a contract directly as this approach is allowed under the UCR's where restrictions on the use of IPR do not trigger a requirement to conduct a new OJEU-compliant tender process. We believe in this circumstance the following is applicable: There are grounds where NTL as public body could award a subsequent contract to a third party using the exemptions in Regulation 50 of the UCR. This exemption is provided for under the UCR Regulation 50(1)(c) which allows Utilities to award a contract where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier because competition is absent for technical reasons and where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. The supplier owns copyright and the IPR in all the software. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.