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Published 22 May 2025, 13:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Ticketing Retailing Equipment and Support Services

Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)

GoodsUtilities

Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Jun 2031 · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern is intending to initiate a future procurement process for the Provision of Ticketing Retailing Equipment and Support Services for use onboard rail services and at station locations.

Suppliers will be expected to demonstrate proven expertise in the delivery of ticketing solutions in the rail environment, the ability to deliver high-quality and reliable services, and the flexibility to support varying operational requirements.

This notice does not constitute a call for competition but is intended to inform the market of a potential future opportunity. Interested suppliers are encouraged to monitor forthcoming

publications for further details.

CPV: Railway equipment · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Ticket-issuing machines · Ticket-validation machines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 5 yrs

Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 (5 yrs)

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber

30123100 Ticket-validation machines 30144200 Ticket-issuing machines 34940000 Railway equipment 50220000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 22 May 2025, 13:43 BST
Last source update: 22 May 2025, 13:43 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-024840
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Railway equipmentRepair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipmentTicket-issuing machinesTicket-validation machines
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051dbc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
22 May 2025, 13:43 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts119 days ago
1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
22 May 2025, 13:43 BST
UK1

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

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 03076444 · GB-PPON: PZCJ-2164-HJQZ George Stephenson House, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO1 6JTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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