| £100m tender forTVMs, ticket machines, Accessible Rail Information etc Posted by John D at 14:56, 2nd September 2025 |     |
Not sure which section to put this, so apologies if wrong
South West Smart applications (a membership based central purchasing body) has issued a tender for 8 years covering:
1) Content Management systems (value £20m)
2) Ticket Vending machines (value £20m)
3) Electronic Ticket Machines (value £20m)
4) Assessable Rail Information and support units (£20m)
5) Transport and Data managed Services (value £20m)
https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2025/W36/853737845
Not really sure who they are, or how it might affect anyone in South West, does anyone know more ?
| Re: £100m tender forTVMs, ticket machines, Accessible Rail Information etc Posted by stuving at 16:19, 2nd September 2025 | |
If you go to this portal, it says this about itself:
This portal is owned and operated by Smart Applications Management, formally South West Smart Applications Limited (SWSAL), on behalf of the West of England Partnership: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils (referred to as 'us', ‘we’ or ‘our’).
West of England Partnership is a member of SAM/ SWSAL ( www.talktosam.co.uk/ ) a not for profit mutual, member owned managed service provider.
West of England Partnership is a member of SAM/ SWSAL ( www.talktosam.co.uk/ ) a not for profit mutual, member owned managed service provider.
In one place this site identifies itself as Travelwest, but mostly it doesn't - so it is? Or is "what exactly is Travelwest" just not an easy question to answer?
| Re: £100m tender forTVMs, ticket machines, Accessible Rail Information etc Posted by RichardB at 17:58, 2nd September 2025 | |
The Chairman and founder is Dr Andrew Seedhouse who, many years ago, was my predecessor here at the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.
More about them here https://www.talktosam.co.uk/about-us
