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| Source: | Find a Tender Service (FTS) |
| Notice Type: | Award notice |
| Buyer: | SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED |
| Main Category: | — |
| Procurement Method: | Direct award |
| Method Rationale: | SOROS is a registered trademark of, registered with the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) and is a business-critical control and coordination application, that is used extensively by the SWR Fleet function, to support the maintenance of traction and rolling stock. It is embedded within key engineering processes and forms part of the SWR Safety Management System. Migration to an alternative supplier would require extensive reconfiguration of existing engineering processes, substantial rewriting of Engineering Manual documentation, migration and validation of legacy data, user retraining and the implementation of new system interfaces. Given the safety-critical nature of the processes supported by SOROS, these activities could create significant operational disruption and disproportionate technical risk. This would also result in significant cost, resource requirements and operational risk, including potential impacts on safety-critical activities. Given Danburykline own the IPR to SOROS, and the disproportionate operational, technical and safety risks associated with replacement, SWRL considers that the conditions for a direct award under Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 are met. |
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SOROS Subscription Agreement
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| Award value: | £943,051 |
| Award status: | Pending |
Danburykline will provide SOROS on a Software as a Service (SaaS) basis, including the following modules and functionality: Genius File Sharing Interface Production Control Module Maintenance Planning Module Train Presentation Module Knowledge Base Module Exceptions Module Briefings Module Incident Management Module Engineering Change Module Knowledge Base Editor Competency Module SOROS is used as a tool in many Engineering Manual processes, which form part of the SWR Safety Management System and is deeply integrated into established ways of working. The use of SOROS is essential to maintaining operational continuity and compliance with SWRL's safety and engineering governance arrangements.
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| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | Not specified |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2026 |
| Application Deadline: | — |
| Contract Start Date: | 28 August 2026 |
| Contract End Date: | 28 August 2028 |
| Contract Duration: | 2.0 years |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-h6vhtk-06e6fc |
| Notice Reference: | 078734-2026 |