Operations processing system (TOPS & POIS)

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline value£16,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 21 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The TOPS and POIS Replacement Project is required to deliver a solution to replace in-use functionality of the existing application under the adoption of modern technologies, thus avoiding innovation limitation, technical debt, operational risk and extended support agreements for these two mission critical services.

TOPS is a mainframe system procured by British Rail (BR) from Southern Pacific in the early 1970s. It is a complex, command-driven system, originally designed for the management and control of freight vehicles and trains to provide real-time information of the whereabouts, loading, consignee, condition, etc. of freight vehicles. Since the introduction of TOPS to BR, the system has been expanded to handle locomotive activities and information about loco-hauled passenger operations, via a sub-system named POIS. The average freight traffic is currently 500 trains per day but may increase going forward.

CPV: Industry specific software development services · Industry specific software package · Information technology services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: UK

48000000 Software package and information systems 48100000 Industry specific software package 72222300 Information technology services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 Sept 2025, 10:37 BST
Last source update: 23 Sept 2025, 10:37 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-058785
Classification (CPV): Industry specific software development servicesIndustry specific software packageInformation technology servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059fe0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

21 Aug 2025 → 23 Sept 2025 · 2 dates

Tender notice expected
21 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice published399 days ago
23 Sept 2025, 10:37 BST

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

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Waterloo General Offices, London, UK, SE1 8SWContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

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No document links were published on the notice.