Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0676 - Bus Pass Ticketing - Card Management System (Care Leavers)
Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group have awarded a contract to SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITED trading as SMART APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT (SAM) for the provision of Bus Pass Ticketing - Card Management System for Care Leavers bus passes. This contract was awarded via a below threshold direct award route following an open procurement process which received no bids. Switching to a direct award following a failed competitive tendering process is allowed under section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023. For transparency, please note this contract commenced on 17th November 2025, however, the contract was signed on 16th December 2025.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084654- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9c4Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published18 Dec 2025, 19:05 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITEDSME | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2025
- Value
- £150,000
- Period
- 17 Dec 2025 – 30 Sept 2026 · up to 1 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There are 4 optional 1 year extensions available.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender