Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Online Retailing WebTIS Services
Authority: ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£3,420,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 29 Jun 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Trainline.com Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of internet retailing services for the purchase of rail tickets
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 15 Jun 2026, 12:54 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 16:32 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060911- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b4f0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
2 year extension of existing contract
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jun 2026 → 9 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published120 days ago29 Jun 2026, 16:32 BST
- Standstill ends110 days ago9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published15 Jun 2026, 12:54 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published29 Jun 2026, 16:32 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,420,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainline.com Limited27 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2028 | £3,420,000 | 29 Jun 2026standstill to 9 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TRAINLINE.COM LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender