Planned procurement · Notice 094952-2026
Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP), Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers, and Handheld Revenue Inspection Devices, for public transport services
- Value
- £60m
- Stage
- Early notice
- Where
- South West
- Lots
- 3
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- 5 Jan 2027 – 4 Jan 2035
Framework: winning a place puts you on an approved list for future work. It's the entry ticket, not guaranteed work.
In plain English
South West Smart Applications Limited (trading as SAM) is setting up an approved-supplier list for Transit Payment Service Providers, Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers, and handheld Revenue Inspection Devices for public transport, split across 3 lots, running from 5 January 2027 to 4 January 2035. A place on this list is the entry ticket to future work from member transport authorities, not guaranteed work itself.
Good fit for: Specialist suppliers of transit payment technology, contactless card/token systems, or revenue inspection hardware and software for public transport.
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What the buyer says
Smart Applications Management Limited (SAM) is the trading name of South West Smart Applications Limited, a Membership based central purchasing body, which owns and runs the National Mobilities Procurement Hub for its Members. This Framework is for the procurement of Suppliers providing Transit Payment Services, Closed Loop cEMV Token Services, and Revenue Inspection Devices for public transport services. The Framework has 3 Lots: Lot 1: Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP) This Framework Lot is to provide Transit Payment Service Provider (TPSP) services for integration with an existing Account Based Ticketing (ABT) ticketing solution to enable the acceptance of Contactless EMV for travel. The Transit Payment Service provides the necessary capabilities to interface with Contactless EMV enabled validation devices to accept validation transactions (otherwise known as "Taps") including: • The protection of sensitive cardholder data in transit and rest (specifically via encryption and tokenisation) • Processing of Taps in accordance with the card scheme transit guidance (enabling aggregation, debt recovery and liability sharing) • Interfaces with ABT Fares engines to facilitate the calculation of fares and charges • Interfaces with Acquirers to perform authorisation and settlement of travel and inspection charges Lot 2: Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers This Framework Lot is to provide secure closed-loop cEMV Account Based Token media capabilities, enabling the issuance, management, and acceptance of physical travel media based on cEMV technology, and digital equivalents loaded into mobile wallets that can be integrated with transport authority cEMV PAYG solutions. The closed-loop cEMV Transit Token capability provides the necessary features to manage cEMV token media …
Procedure: Open procedure (Open: anyone can bid, in one stage). Published 7 Oct 2026.
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