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Published 18 Sept 2026, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bus Replacement Services Ginn Consultants (CGC)

Official notice

Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)

Direct awardUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£452,100published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 18 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Ginn Consultants

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is not a “sole source” in market terms. This paper recommends direct awards to the two incumbent suppliers, each serving distinct TOC ecosystems. Alternative suppliers exist in the market; however, no alternative supplier has been identified that can currently deliver using the existing Darwin integrations and aggregator relationships without causing incompatibility and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty or requiring substantial redevelopment, due to their embedded position within each TOC and the TOCs’ bus service aggregators.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
48100000 Industry specific software package

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Sept 2026, 15:45 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 15:46 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088831
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775bb Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This is not a “sole source” in market terms. This paper recommends direct awards to the two incumbent suppliers, each serving distinct TOC ecosystems. Alternative suppliers exist in the market; however, no alternative supplier has been identified that can currently deliver using the existing Darwin integrations and aggregator relationships without causing incompatibility and disproportionate technical and operational difficulty or requiring substantial redevelopment, due to their embedded position within each TOC and the TOCs’ bus service aggregators.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 15:45 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 15:46 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £452,1001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ginn Consultants30 Sept 2026 – 29 Sept 2029Options: Additional TOCs are third-parties being able to let and access the service.£452,10018 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Train Information Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 08176197 First Floor North, 1 Puddle Dock,, London, London, EC4V 3DSContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ginn ConsultantsAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGPD-4525-XHGT 14 Woodside Road, Simonstone, , Lancashire,, Burnley, North West, BB12 7JGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender