Provision of Gate Lines and Platform Validators and Associated Installation and Maintenance Services
Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
Not specified
Published
3 September 2025
Type
goods
Overview
Sole supplier for the provision of Gates, Platform Validators, associated implementation and maintenance service and back office software. This procurement will cover all current and future stations in Wales and cross borders managed by Transport for Wales Rail Ltd.
Key points
- Standardise the technology being used at all stations that require ticket gates and/or platform validators.
- Standardise the customers experience and staff operational requirements at all stations that require ticket gates and/or platform validators
- Achieve a single back office process for all station based validation of ticket based journeys which currently includes Magstripe and PRT QR/Barcode paper tickets, QR/Barcode digital tickets, and Season tickets on ITSO smart card.
- Ensure all ticketless journeys via PAYG are integrated into our existing 3rd party back office system.
- Implement remote gate monitoring and management capabilities for staff to see and help passengers who are unable to pass through the gate.
- Ensure that staff supporting customers at the gate line can open the gate safely and with speed and efficiency to avoid unnecessary queues and station overload. This includes remote web or app based services as well as physical gate based controls.
- Provide a suite of essential operational reports, data integrations, and self-service style data extraction capabilities.
- Ensure all interactions with the gate to set up, monitor, maintain, and use the gate are captured and are auditable and that gate ticket process rules are configurable as needed.
- Provide appropriate solutions for stations with event based and seasonal swells.
- Enable the development by TfWRL and our partners, a system of connected interfaces through modern APIs for station help and remote gate line functions. Decommission existing gate and PVAL infrastructure currently in place. Decommission gate and PVAL infrastructure upon exit of contract or at individual stations during the term of the agreement as befits the delivery of TfWRL station strategy.
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VIX TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED
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Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)Key Dates
Published
3 September 2025
Submission deadline
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