What the buyer wrote
The Department of Transport (DfT) has commissioned RDG to develop and deliver ITSO on Mobile and industry compliance with an updated ITSO specification (V2.1.5) for ticket retail and acceptance with TOCs and their supply chain. ITSO is one of three main ticketing technologies used by rail and other public transport (primarily bus and tram) within England, Scotland and Wales to offer digital (non-paper) ticketing for the benefit of passengers. The government's Plan for Rail White Paper sets out a plan to 'work with ... operators to continue the roll-out of digital ticketing on smartphones across the network... (and) bring forward benefits for passengers (of) contactless journeys'. To achieve …
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- ITSO Standards Update Contract - Cubic
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Work starts
- 20 Nov 2025
- Work ends
- 30 Apr 2026
- Where
- in London
Who the buyer named
Samantha Stevens was the named contact on this notice.