Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Transport for London · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Austria Card SME, ESP Systex Holdings Limited SME, Exceet Card Group SME, Paragon ID (UK) Limited SME
- Value
- £17,761,800
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Smart cards (CPV 30162000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 065523-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Oct 2025
- Published15 Oct 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Oystercard (the "Card") was launched in 2003. The current demand is around 6.5m - 8.5m cards per year comprising of 16 variants. The Cards enable TfL to collect a significant proportion of its 5 000 000 000 GBP plus revenue from customers using TfL services and some concessionary services. There are a number of variants printed with different artwork to meet the needs of different users of cards. The version of the cards currently in use is the MIFARE DESFire EV1 or EV3 cards. Introduced by TfL in 2010, the DESFire card is a multiprocessor card with 2 000 bytes of memory and utilises 112 bit keys in AES mode (and there are also some 4 000 bytes of memory variants of this card in use). The framework agreement resulting from this procurement will last for four (4) years with the option to extend for up to 2 years. The forecasted value of these orders is between 6 000 000 GBP and 9 000 000 GBP per annum at current levels of demand although this demand may vary. In order to maintain s…
About the suppliers
Austria Card: every public contract they have won.
ESP Systex Holdings Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01599791).
Exceet Card Group: every public contract they have won.
Paragon ID (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04891375).