Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Closing: 7 June 2024, 12am
Contract summary
Industry
Transport tickets - 34980000
Passenger information system - 48813000
World wide web (www) site design services - 72413000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£100,000 to £500,000
Procurement reference
BIP862821844
Published date
17 May 2024
Closing date
7 June 2024
Closing time
12am
Contract start date
23 September 2024
Contract end date
15 September 2027
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NOTE: This notice was updated on 21 May 2024 for the following reason: Addition of link to response/access code in Description(Traveline information Limited (TIL) is owned and managed by public transport stakeholders from across the public and private sector and is a not-for-profit limited company which receives no public funding. Our Board members represent all the major bus groups and independent bus operators, local authorities, passengers, and the Rail Delivery Group.
The Traveline website offers multi-modal journey planning and includes every bus, coach, rail, ferry and light rail route in England, Scotland and Wales. It is considered as the industry's journey planner and its development is a result of the active collaboration of all Board members towards a high-quality offer for customers to support increased use of public transport.
PlusBus is an integrated transport rail product which offers unlimited multi-operator bus and tram travel within each PlusBus zone to rail customers as part of their rail ticket purchase. The ticket offer is not part of this procurement, only the PlusBus website.
Traveline Data is a portal for open data users that consume TIL's Traveline National Dataset, NextBuses API, National Operator Database, and provides links and signposts to other public transport resources.
TIL owns traveline.info, PlusBus.info, and travelinedata.org. Each of these sites has been built separately over time by different suppliers as the TIL offer has evolved, and each provides separate but related services.
TIL would now like to bring its web offerings into one family, with a common look and feel and customer experience across the sites.
The tender has been split into 4 Lots to allow for the potential for a single supplier, including a consortium, for two or more lots, for single suppliers per lot, or for a blend, and for composite pricing to be provided.
This is a 3+2 year contract with options to extend)
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.TIL considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.