Scope
Description
Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates (ATGs) with EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) readers and associated software. This will integration 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 payment readers 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.
• Supply & Install of EMV readers.
• Commissioning of devices for use at various stations on the operating networks of Northern Trains Limited 'NTL', TransPenine Trains Limited 'TPT', and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 'Avanti'.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £1,592,485.01 excluding VAT
- £1,910,982 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
10 July 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 10 July 2025 to 31 December 2026
- 1 year, 5 months, 22 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 30123100 - Ticket-validation machines
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Special regime
Utilities
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
- Single supplier - technical reasons
The supplies and services can only be supplied only by the particular supplier because the supplier owns the copyright and the IPR in the relevant software and equipment. The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Supplier
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Companies House: 01381707
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJPP-2848-LRTL
Afc House
Salfords Redhill
RH1 5LA
United Kingdom
Email: tsgovernance@cubic.com
Website: http://www.cubic.com
Region: UKJ26 - East Surrey
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
- Companies House: 03076444
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZCJ-2164-HJQZ
George Stephenson House
York
YO1 6JT
United Kingdom
Region: UKE21 - York
Organisation type: Public authority - central government