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
- Buyer
- Northern Trains Limited · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Vix Technology UK Ltd SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Industry specific software development services (CPV 72212100)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 046170-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Aug 2025
- Published5 Aug 2025Published the same day
Description
Upgrade of Payment Validators (PVals) and associated software to allow EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) transactions. This will integrate 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 PVals 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. • Commissioning of devices for use at various stations on the operating network of Northern Trains Limited 'NTL', TransPenine Trains Limited 'TPT', and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 'Avanti'
About the supplier
Vix Technology UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03039051).