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# Operations processing system (TOPS &amp; POIS)

[Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd](https://tendernation.io/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-ltd)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

13 Sept 2024

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The TOPS and POIS Replacement Project is required to deliver a solution to replace in-use

functionality of the existing application under the adoption of modern technologies, thus avoiding

innovation limitation, technical debt, operational risk and extended support agreements for these

two mission critical services.

TOPS is a mainframe system procured by British Rail (BR) from Southern Pacific in the early 1970s. It

is a complex, command-driven system, originally designed for the management and control of

freight vehicles and trains to provide real-time information of the whereabouts, loading, consignee,

condition, etc. of freight vehicles. Since the introduction of TOPS to BR, the system has been

expanded to handle locomotive activities and information about loco-hauled passenger operations,

via a sub-system named POIS. The average freight traffic is currently 500 trains per day but may

increase going forward.

## CPV classification

Industry specific software development servicesSoftware package and information systemsIndustry specific software packageInformation technology services

Source

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