Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
George Stephenson House,Toft Green
YORK
YO16JT
Contact
Steven Eccles
steven.eccles@northernrailway.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE21 - York
Companies House
03076444
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Railway Services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Track and Delay Reporting Software
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48140000 - Railway traffic control software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Software and licensing that is integral to track and delay reporting throughout the rail network including passenger information.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,074,706.50
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
An alerting service used by multi TOCS for passenger disruption
An alerting service used by TOCs to provide service updates to their customers (i.e. the travelling public and their season ticket holders). This is an optional service and users visiting our client's web sites can register to receive email or in some cases, additionally SMS Alerts.
A rail disruption messaging system
Distribute information nationwide in seconds. Messaging includes free format and structured options whilst giving complete flexibility. Event and situation data can be rapidly entered with templates consisting of compulsory and optional fields, with sentences being built automatically out of the content.
Customer Information Screen solution
Staff disruption app used across operational staff devices
Allows a combination of information and associated messages to downstream systems via a series of micro-services
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Northern Trains Limited (NTL) has an obligation to provide continuous real time travel management disruption data.
There is no option to do nothing nor have a break in service given the importance, scale and complexity of the services delivered.
There are grounds where NTL as public body could award a subsequent contract to a third party using the exemptions in Regulation 50 of the UCR. This exemption is provided for under the UCR Regulation 50(1)(c) which allows Utilities to award a contract where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier because competition is absent for technical reasons and where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Under 50(1)(c) of the regulations, the nature of the product is unique, and no reasonable alternative or substitute solution exists. The supplier owns copyright and the IPR in all the software and currently no other single software solution can be utilised to supply the crucial interfaces to all of the multiple third-party systems served.
This contract extension will ensure business continuity as there will be no technical or operational disruption of the services.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 August 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Nexus Alpha Limited
Horley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Companies House
2941132
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,074,706.50
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Northern Trains Limited
York
YO1 6JT
Country
United Kingdom