Centro has organised the procurement into the following Lots:

— Lot 1, Smart Customer and Transaction Processing;

— Lot 2, Reporting, Analysis, Concessions and Settlement;

— Lot 3, Smartcard Media;

— Lot 4, Smartcard and Customer Bureau Processing Services;

— Lot 5, Smart Commerce Services;

— Lot 6, Independent Retailing.

In order to develop the best solution, Centro reserves the right to merge the Lots, as appropriate, throughout the procurement process.

Centro will appoint one supplier to each lot.

Precise quantities are currently unknown both in terms of Centro's overall requirements and potential requirements from other contracting entities utilising this framework agreement. The estimated spend values above are a guide only and there is no guarantee of levels of spend.