# Provision of Services for AMS-HOPS and Part 11

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY](/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Unicard Limited
- Award value: £1,532,261
- Award date: 27 June 2026
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Contract start: 28 June 2026
- Contract end: 31 May 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8fc92c97-a993-4dad-9eba-137508d9d007-916013
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0baa6ff5-67f5-493c-8dd8-1dfaf6d7f039

## Description

West Midlands Combined Authority \(WMCA\), would like to establish a contract for a Host Operator Processing System that is capable of exchanging data alongside the existing ticketing system architecture\. As well as the HOPS element of the system, WMCA would like to incorporate the Part 11 to ensure the delivery of smart ticketing that is complaint with ITSO requirements\.

## Related contract awards

- [MiRANDA Projects - Coventry/Leicester/Nottingham](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7199b01e-1c65-4a31-a9cb-aa227b258a36): WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
- [The Fares, Ticketing & Retail Subject Matter Expert](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-539b6e55-7604-46f3-b0b3-b310d06488a9): WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
- [SITE MANAGER](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c13406b4-856b-457b-9c5c-83efdb309358): West Midlands Combined Authority
- [North Northamptonshire Council Call-Off via Framework Contract SAM005 for the provision of ITSO AMS HOPS, ITSO Part 11, and Account Based Ticketing \(ABT\) Systems, Development And Services\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ad3bf15f-6f31-4146-88ec-1526c26a921d): North Northamptonshire Council
- [ITSO Host Operated Processing System \(HOPS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-376c38b3-9e07-48e9-83c4-a628684e1591): Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
- [AMS-HOPS & CMS and Online Portal](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2bbeb090-9486-4fcf-9c65-9b6ce15c1c83): West Northamptonshire Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8fc92c97-a993-4dad-9eba-137508d9d007-916013)