Estimate 1
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Procurement Act 2023 notice
NoWcard Concessionary Travel System (Managed Service)
- Latest stage
- amendment
- Latest notice
- 16 Oct 2026
- Stated contract period
- Not stated to Not stated
- Award period
- 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2029
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a385
- Procurement method
- open
Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-05a385. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.
Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.
Which stages have a stated date?
4 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.
- Planning noticePublication date of the first held planning notice.
- Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
- Tender deadline
- Award date
- Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract endNot stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 042091-2026, 097701-2026, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.
What the held notices state
- Tender deadline
- 12 Jun 2026
- Process status
- Complete
- Regime
- Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Stated reason for the method
- Not stated on the held notice
- Number of bids
- 2 (Lot 1)
- Above the procurement threshold
- Yes
- Framework agreement
- Not stated on the held notice
- Marked suitable for small firms
- Not stated on the held notice
Awards
Award. Status: Pending. Award date: 7 Oct 2026. Lot 1.
- South West Smart Applications Limited Trading as Smart Applications Management: Small or medium enterprise
Lots
| Lot | Title | Status | Contract period | Latest possible end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Not stated on the held notice | Complete | Not stated on the held notice | Not stated on the held notice |
Options and renewal
- Award, options: Yes
The Authority may purchase additional managed services and associated goods and services related to the future concessionary system. Refer to Appendix B Statement of Requirements and Appendix D Schedule of Pricing for further details on scope of optional goods and services.
- Award, renewal: Yes
The initial Contract period will be up to six (6) months for implementation and three (3) years for annual managed services. After such time the Authority may extend the Contract by any number of defined periods stipulated by the Authority pursuant to the Contract, provided that the total duration of the Contract Term does not exceed seven (7) years and six (6) months.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 042091-2026, 097701-2026, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.
Contract period
No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.
Notice 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
Contact removal rule: contacts/1.
Separate stated values
Award amount 2
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.
Held stage events
- : planning
- : planning
- : tender
- : award
- : contract
- : amendment
Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.
Suppliers
This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.
Sources
fts_raw_2025-09-01_2025-10-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 3ef7a68f6a9aa7365dc8ba561ec053d4c8d1e9368c235201308b68a8abfc135a
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2025-10-01_2025-11-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- d7c1f1de4b051aa9b3dab92c2d6e10f657064f21f4587af2e2fb6c7b7e17b906
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2026-05-01_2026-06-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 93af679509039f3d377386b45068f5a687f3665eb1a9623095c386ed467efb58
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2026-08-17_2026-11-10.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- e440b715e822504d52e0e83674d9774cfd873b24825ca0a7abde984ba5682102
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 097701-2026
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 1c024d2f6cb38d9c49f7a87bd0496f9d384c13c37cff42a183aabaff44657faa
- Licence
- See held source file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
What this export cannot show
Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.