Official UK procurement notice
Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates with EMV Readers, associated software and integration services.
Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUpgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates (ATGs) with EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) readers and associated software. This will allow integration into the into the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Bee Network (Phase 1).
The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment and software to allow payment transactions to integrate into the TfGM Account-Based Ticketing (ABT) scheme. The activities will include as minimum:
- Software development.
- Upgrade of payment readers to accept contactless EMV physical and virtual cards on devices alongside existing fare media
- Deployment of a supplier middle office.
- Integration from the supplier middle office to the TfGM Secure Middle Office (SMO).
- PCI certification.
- Supply & Install of EMV readers.
- Commissioning of devices for use at various stations on the operating networks of Northern Trains Limited 'NTL', TransPenine Trains Limited 'TPT', and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 'Avanti'.
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
- 28 Jun 2025, 17:06 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jun 2025, 17:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035935- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055580Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The supplies and services can only be supplied only by the particular supplier because the supplier owns the copyright and the IPR in the relevant software and equipment. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Jun 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published28 Jun 2025, 17:29 BST
- Standstill ends9 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published28 Jun 2025, 17:06 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Jun 2025, 17:29 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected10 Jul 2025, 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,10 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2026 | £1,592,485 | 27 Jun 2025standstill to 9 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
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