Rail Settlement Plan Awards £1.8M AWS Gateway Contract to Theodo Limited
Summary
Rail Settlement Plan Limited has awarded a Direct Award contract valued at £1,800,000 including VAT to Theodo Limited for AWS Gateway and API development, support, and maintenance services. The contract is estimated to run from 4 May 2026 to 31 March 2027 (approximately 11 months). The award was made under the Utilities special regime of the Procurement Act 2023, with the spend having exceeded the public contracts threshold and become a convertible contract. Rail Settlement Plan states that moving away from Theodo at this project stage would cause significant negative impact on the time-sensitive migration of all RDG's MuleSoft platform services to AWS.
“This award intends to ensure compliancy with PA23 for any additional spend with Theodo Limited until the new contracts are in place that will be procured in compliance with an above public contracts threshold procurement process legislation.”
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What changed
Rail Settlement Plan Limited published a Transparency and Contract Award notice for a Direct Award contract to Theodo Limited worth £1,800,000 including VAT. The services cover AWS Gateway and API development, support, and maintenance embedded in RDG's migration of its MuleSoft platform to AWS. The award falls under the Procurement Act 2023 Utilities special regime, classified as a convertible contract because the cumulative spend crossed the public contracts threshold.
Affected technology suppliers in the UK rail sector should note that Rail Settlement Plan indicates it will run two formal above-threshold procurement exercises in FY 2026-27: one for AWS Gateway maintenance and one for a Dynamic Marketplace API procurement. Companies seeking to compete for future rail technology contracts under the new rail data infrastructure programme should monitor Find a Tender for forthcoming opportunities.
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RDG AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services
- Rail Settlement Plan Limited UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-037325
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068a28
Published 23 April 2026, 8:57pm
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Scope Contract 1. RDG AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services Participation Other information Procedure Supplier Contracting authority
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Description
This is a Direct Award for AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services that have been embedded in the project from its outset.
The value of the spend has gone above the public contracts threshold and therefore has become a convertible contract under PA23.
As Rail Settlement Plan Limited is a utility with no requirement to publish procurement notices for below threshold procurement awards, which this award originally started as, there is no original procurement notice to link this award to and comply with the convertible contract concept.
Therefore, we are publishing Transparency and Contract Award notices to demonstrate that we are being fair and transparent to the market.
Contract 1. RDG AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services
Supplier
Contract value
- £1,800,000 including VAT Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
1 May 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 4 May 2026 to 31 March 2027
- 10 months, 28 days
Main procurement category
Services
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
Minor modifications when required
CPV classifications
Industry specific software development services
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure type
Direct award
Special regime
Utilities
Direct award justification
Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement
The direct award to Theodo Limited complying with the convertible contract concept, concerns the supply of services by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to services based on the circumstances where a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving services that are different from, and incompatible with, the existing services, and the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
The AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services have been embedded in the delivery of migrating all of RDG’s Mulesoft platform services into the AWS platform. To move away from Theodo at this point in the project would have a significant negative impact on time sensitive project. RDG is looking to run two procurements in the coming months for these services. The first will be for a supplier to maintain RDG’s AWS Gateway, including any new requirements to the platform, and the second procurement will be for a Dynamic Marketplace for the provision / development of API’s and the support and maintenance associated with managing these APIs. Both these procurements shall run in FY 26-27.
This award intends to ensure compliancy with PA23 for any additional spend with Theodo Limited until the new contracts are in place that will be procured in compliance with an above public contracts threshold procurement process legislation.
The spend figure incorporates spend from the first agreement with the supplier from 24th Feb 2025 (inception of PA23) and spend expcted until the procurement is completed early 2027
Theodo Limited
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNGG-3943-XMMJ 563 Chiswick High Road
London
W4 3AY
United Kingdom
Email: nessan.harpur@theodo.com
Region: UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. RDG AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services
Rail Settlement Plan Limited
- Companies House: 08176197 1st Floor North, 1 PuddleDock, Blackfriars
London
EC4V 3DS
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@raildeliverygroup.co.uk
Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government
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