Official UK procurement notice
DPAYG Trials · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Rail Delivery Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of technical suppliers to support the potential development of
Digital PAYG trials on rail during 2025 and 2026.
CPV: Automatic fare collection · Railway transport services · Transport tickets
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 75%
- Commercial: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial: Pricing and other commercial related factors
- Technical: Functional, Service and Support related factors
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 27 Feb 2025, 11:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007374- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e84fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Apr 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Feb 2025 → 4 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published27 Feb 2025, 11:49 GMT
- Clarification questions by24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline2 Apr 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts14 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published236 days ago4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Notice history
10 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2025- Tender notice published27 Feb 2025, 11:49 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published3 Jun 2025, 10:29 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Jun 2025, 10:29 BST
- Contract signature expected16 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Aug 2025, 14:58 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published28 Aug 2025, 15:45 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published29 Aug 2025, 18:28 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published29 Aug 2025, 18:49 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published3 Mar 2026, 11:26 GMTUK11
- Contract termination notice published4 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMTUK11
Routine re-releases (8)
- 2025-08: 3 releases · 28 Aug 2025, 29 Aug 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 3 Jun 2025
- 2025-02: 1 release · 27 Feb 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainline.com Limited17 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2026 · up to 15 Jun 2027Extensions: 12 months · Options: Minor changes to scope if required | — | 16 May 2025 | Awarded |
| ECR Solutions Limited, iBlocks Limitedjoint award17 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2026 · up to 15 Jun 2027Extensions: 12 month extension · Options: Minor changes | £178,800 inc. VAT | 16 May 2025 | Awarded |
| ECR Solutions Limited, Tracsis plcjoint award17 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2026 · up to 16 Jun 2027Extensions: 12 month extension · Options: Minor modifications | £120,000 inc. VAT | 16 May 2025 | Awarded |
| FAIRTIQ AG17 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2026 · up to 16 Jun 2027Extensions: 12 months · Options: minors modificaions | £60,000 inc. VAT | 16 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · ECR Solutions Limited, iBlocks Limited
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 26 Jun 2026 · up to 26 Jun 2027 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
- Trial extension term of upto 12 months
- Options
- Minor changes to scope if required.
- Final value
- £20,100
- Termination
- mutuallyAgreed
1 agreed KPI: Availability
- Availability
Contract 4 · FAIRTIQ AG
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £210,000
- Period
- 31 Jul 2025 – 24 Jul 2026 · up to 24 Jul 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Trial extension term of upto 12 months
- Options
- Minor changes to scope if required.
1 agreed KPI: Availability
- Availability
Contract 3 · ECR Solutions Limited, Tracsis plc
- Signed
- 24 Jul 2025
- Value
- £290,996
- Period
- 24 Jul 2025 – 21 Aug 2026 · up to 21 Aug 2027 with extensions
- Status
- terminated, This notice corrects the earlier notice number 2026/S 000-018845 stating that Contract 2 between ATOC Limited and Tracsis Rail Technology & Services Limited is terminated. This is incorrect and notice number 2026/S 000-018845 should be disregarded. Contract 3 between ATOC Limited and ECR Solutions Limited is terminated as stated in this new notice.
- Extensions
- Trial extension term of upto 12 months
- Options
- Minor changes to scope if required.
- Final value
- £20,100
- Termination
- mutuallyAgreed
1 agreed KPI: Availability
- Availability
Contract 1 · Trainline.com Limited
- Signed
- 18 Jun 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- 18 Jun 2025 – 18 Mar 2026 · up to 18 Mar 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Trial extension term of upto 12 months
- Options
- Minor changes to scope if required.
1 agreed KPI: Availability
- Availability
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
8 commercial parties on the notice- ECR / HoponAwarded supplier
- ECR Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
- FAIRTIQ AGAwarded supplier
- FairtiqAwarded supplier
- TracsisAwarded supplier
- Tracsis Rail Technology & Services LimitedAwarded supplier
- Trainline LtdAwarded supplier
- Trainline.com LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (15)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract DPAYG Contract
- Signed contract DPAYG Contract
- Signed contract DPAYG Contract
- Signed contract DPAYG Contract
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