NoWcard Concessionary Travel System (Managed Service)
- Lancashire County Council
- BLACKPOOL COUNCIL
- Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
- Cumberland Council
- Westmorland and Furness Council
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a385
Description
NoWcard is a transport smart card pass, most commonly for the elderly or disabled, available for use in Cumberland, Westmorland & Furness, Lancashire County Council (LCC), Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool administrative areas. It is administered by LCC on behalf of all NoWcard members with the smart card recording journey details and verifies eligibility for the concessionary travel.
LCC wish to engage a managed service provider to supply and maintain an ITSO (Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation) compliant NoWcard system, which is composed of the following components;
1. Asset Management System - Host Operator Processing System (AMS - HOPS)
2. ITSO Secure Application Module (ISAM) management
3. Cardholder and Card Management System (CMS) - English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) and Commercial Schemes
4. On-line application (web portal) - integration of ENCTS and existing commercial CMS
5. Print and Dispatch
Notices
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-061964
- Published
- 3 October 2025, 8:36am
UK1: Pipeline notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-060285
- Published
- 26 September 2025, 4:18pm