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NoWcard Concessionary Travel System (Managed Service)

Lancashire County Council Published 7 May 2026 Find a Tender

key details

Statusactive
Category (CPV) 48000000
RegionNorth West
Deadline12 Jun 2026
Procedureopen
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a385

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

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notice history

3 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
26 Sept 2025 Pipeline notice (UK1) Procurement Act 2023 060285-2025
3 Oct 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 061964-2025
7 May 2026 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 042091-2026

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