Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP), Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers, and Handheld Revenue Inspection Devices, for public transport services
- Buyer
- SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITED
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Truro
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Smart Applications is setting up a framework to buy three things for public transport: systems to process contactless card payments for travel, technology to issue and manage digital and physical travel cards, and handheld devices for ticket inspectors to check passengers have paid.
What the buyer wants
• Provide Transit Payment Service Provider (TPSP) systems that accept contactless EMV card taps, protect cardholder data, process transactions and connect to fare calculation and payment systems • Provide closed-loop cEMV token services including issuing physical and digital travel cards, managing card lifecycles, integrating with back-office systems and maintaining card security • Provide handheld Revenue Inspection Devices (RIDs) for transport staff to verify passengers have valid tickets or paid for travel
Lots
- Transit Payment Service Providers (TPSP)
- Closed Loop cEMV Token Providers
- Revenue Inspection Devices
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a £60 million framework requiring highly specialist expertise in payment processing, EMV security standards, and integrated transport ticketing systems. Most small trades cannot compete: you need established payment technology capability, significant R&D investment, PCI compliance, and existing relationships with card schemes and ABT platform providers. This is not accessible to builders, electricians, cleaners or traditional tradespeople.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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