Supply of services related to the Ticket Vending Machines

CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

14 Jan 2026, 14:30 GMT

Last source update

30 Jan 2026, 15:54 GMT

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-008606

Classification (CPV)

Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Delivery area

North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-0605bf Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Published justification

Award a contract directly as this approach is allowed under the UCR's where restrictions on the use of IPR do not trigger a requirement to conduct a new OJEU-compliant tender process. We believe in this circumstance the following is applicable:

There are grounds where NTL as public body could modify a contract with a third party using the exemptions in Regulation 88 of the UCR. This exemption is provided for under the following UCR Regulation:

88.-(1) Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with these Regulations based on the following:

(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor, irrespective of their value, that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement where a change of contractor:

(i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services or installations procured under the initial procurement; and

(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the utility.

The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

2 further award records carry no date or value.

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