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Ticket Retailing & Validation Solutions
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 28 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Northern Trains Limited has a requirement to replace its existing Ticket Retailing & Validation solution by December 2026 due to the incumbent supplier's withdrawal from the UK rail ticketing market.
Northern are therefore looking to engage the supply market to understand the solutions available.
Northern Trains Limited Invitation to Tender is for the provision of a technology solution that satisfies two main outcomes for Northern:
•Suitable replacement of the on-train and ticket office solution to maintain and safeguard ticket retailing and validation provision
•Deliver on NTL's dependency into the PAYG programme for EMV
A successfully delivered solution must meet 11 significant requirements:
1)Complete Ticket Issuing System (TIS) for All Devices
2)Architecture Description of All Components
3)Full Range of Retailing Options Available Day One
4)RDG Accreditation and Compliance
5)Adherence to Project Delivery Timelines
6)Customer Payment Type Acceptance
7)Support for ITSO PAYG Smartcards
8)TfGM cEMV PAYG Capability
9)Customer Travel Options and Fare Types
10)End-of-Shift Accounting Functionality
11)Ticket Inspection and Validation Functionality
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 30123100
- 30144200
- 50316000
- 50317000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 9 Sep 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 9 September 2025.
Release 054859-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Nov 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 28 November 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Mon 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 078223-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 5 Mar 2026Notice
Notice published 5 March 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 020129-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Aug 2026Award notice
Award notice published 28 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 082358-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
About this notice
08/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-059648
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 4 Sep 2026, 08:08 BST
- Read at
- Fri 30 Oct 2026, 02:37 GMT
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