Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Passenger Automatic Ticket Gates for Various Stations
Authority: GA TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGA Trains Limited (GATL) requires passenger automatic ticket gates (ATGs) to be manufactured, supplied, installed, and commissioned in various stations across its route network. This is in line with the £33.4million fund to nationally crack down on fare evasion (www.gov.uk/government/news/334-… ↗). Five (5) stations have been identified in the initial tranche - Hertford East, Manningtree, Rayleigh, Ware, and Witham - with potential for ATGs to be installed at Diss and Stowmarket also. There may also be requirements for future stations to come into scope subject to business review and funding, and the contract shall allow for future requirements to be incorporated into the contract through a formal variation process between GATL and the supplier.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST
- Authority reference
GA260046- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074951- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de51Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The requirement can only be met by a particular supplier due to intellectual property rights and technical reasons. GATL's existing estate of ATGs have been supplied, installed, and maintained by Cubic Transportation Systems Limited with integrations with Transport for London Oyster pay-as-you-go (PAYG) and contactless-pay-as-you-go (CPAYG) systems. The supplier is currently the only supplier with interoperability with this requirement, and four of the initial five stations within scope are within either CPAYG or CPAYG and PAYG boundaries. The ATGs are maintained under a separate agreement by the same supplier due to the same intellectual property and exclusivity rights. The ATGs incorporate proprietary technology specifically designed for their intended application which is not available from other suppliers, making the supplier the only provider capable of meeting the requirements.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published6 Aug 2026, 16:22 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubic Transportation Systems Limited,Purchase of Passenger Automatic Ticket Gates at Various Stations19 Sept 2026 – 19 Sept 2032Options: Due to interoperability and intellectual property rights with GATL's current estate of ATGs, only one manufacturer and supplier of ATGs can be used. Therefore, the contract contains the provision for additional future purposes as required through a formal variation process between by agreement between the parties. | £15,000,000 inc. VAT | 6 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 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