Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Vix Technology SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Maintenance and repair of ticket-validation machinery (CPV 50317000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 009627-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Jan 2026
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
ScotRail have a current contract in place for platform validator - maintenance, Support and Back-office Software for c700 validators across ScotRail stations. Validators are located at ScotRail stations and allow customers tap in and out to start and end their their journey via Smartcard and to load products that have been purchased online to Smartcards. This contract is for the maintenance, support and software for existing platform validators and will be extended for a period of 1 year to 31 March 2027.
About the supplier
Vix Technology: every public contract they have won.