Official UK procurement notice
Track and Delay Reporting Software
Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSoftware and licensing that is integral to track and delay reporting throughout the rail network including passenger information.
CPV: Railway traffic control software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An alerting service used by multi TOCS for passenger disruption
An alerting service used by multi TOCS for passenger disruption
An alerting service used by TOCs to provide service updates to their customers (i.e. the travelling public and their season ticket holders). This is an optional service and users visiting our client's web sites can register to receive email or in some cases, additionally SMS Alerts.
A rail disruption messaging system
Distribute information nationwide in seconds. Messaging includes free format and structured options whilst giving complete flexibility. Event and situation data can be rapidly entered with templates consisting of compulsory and optional fields, with sentences being built automatically out of the content.
Customer Information Screen solution
Staff disruption app used across operational staff devices
Allows a combination of information and associated messages to downstream systems via a series of micro-services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2024, 10:38 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2024, 10:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027875- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049718Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Northern Trains Limited (NTL) has an obligation to provide continuous real time travel management disruption data.
There is no option to do nothing nor have a break in service given the importance, scale and complexity of the services delivered.
There are grounds where NTL as public body could award a subsequent contract to a third party using the exemptions in Regulation 50 of the UCR. This exemption is provided for under the UCR Regulation 50(1)(c) which allows Utilities to award a contract where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier because competition is absent for technical reasons and where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Under 50(1)(c) of the regulations, the nature of the product is unique, and no reasonable alternative or substitute solution exists. The supplier owns copyright and the IPR in all the software and currently no other single software solution can be utilised to supply the crucial interfaces to all of the multiple third-party systems served.
This contract extension will ensure business continuity as there will be no technical or operational disruption of the services.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus Alpha LtdSME | £1,074,707 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027875-2024-1 · Nexus Alpha LtdSME
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £1,074,707
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nexus Alpha LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.