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Lancashire County Council

NoWcard Concessionary Travel System (Managed Service)

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
ValueValue not published
Deadline12 Jun 2026
Published7 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 May 2026ClosedCloses 12 Jun 2026
Who to contact
DigitalProcurement@lancashire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

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.

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Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

LCC wish to engage a managed service

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;.

02

Integration of ENCTS and existing commercial CMS

integration of ENCTS and existing commercial CMS.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a385
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
042091-2026
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