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
- Nexus Alpha Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Industry specific software package (CPV 48100000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 038323-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2024
- Published27 Nov 2024Published 26 days after the contract date
Description
IT software and services which support the management of train services during times of unplanned disruption on Scotland’s rail network. It is a critical system in supporting daily operations. A summary of the core functionality of the system is as follows: - The ability to generate and update line of route disruption messages and distribute these messages to a pre-defined list of recipients -The ability to view route disruption incidents being experienced by other rail operators on Scotland’s rail network -The ability to configure the system to automatically identify all stations and journeys affected by an incident which causes unplanned disruption - The ability to automatically update 3rd party rail industry systems and journey planners to reflect changes to services as a consequence of unplanned disruption - A mobile app for the use of frontline staff which will provide real-time advice of disruption incidents; frontline staff will have the ability to filter notifications specific…
About the supplier
Nexus Alpha Ltd: every public contract they have won.