Procurement

MetroWest Firmware Upgrade

• The West of England Combined Authority

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06f445

Description

Network Rail to deliver essential firmware and platform upgrades to the Smartlock Support Server systems, which currently operate on obsolete and unsupported Windows platforms. These ageing installations present growing risks to reliability, safety assurance, cybersecurity compliance, and long‑term supportability, and cannot accommodate the new signalling functionality required for services in 2028.

Notices

UK6: Contract award notice

• Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-084816
• Published: 8 September 2026, 11:52am

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• 8 September 2026, 11:52am (latest version)

• 8 September 2026, 11:27am
• 8 September 2026, 11:03am

UK5: Transparency notice

• Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-084763
• Published: 8 September 2026, 10:56am