Technical Advisor for Next Generation Ticketing System

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Translink (Comprising of Citybus Ltd, Northern Ireland Railways Co Ltd and Ulsterbus Ltd) and including Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) (known as `The Group`) are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide in-depth advice and information to assist Translink on options and costs of design, specification and implementation of their Next Generation Ticketing System. Translink’s current ticketing equipment was first implemented in 2001 and is therefore nearing the end of its useful life with components becoming obsolete. Translink’s existing suite of equipment includes approximately 1,800 on-bus (module-based) ticket machines, 150 office/shop-based ticket machines, 280 portable rail hand-held ticket machines, 30 on-platform smartcard validators along with local and centralised reporting system spread across 55 bus and rail locations within Northern Ireland. Please see full PQQ for full details.