Official UK procurement notice
Access for All -Tranche 5 (AfA T5)
Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTfGM is looking to establish a contract via the Competitive Flexible Procedure, for the refresh of optioneering (ES3 Option Selection Reports) and completion of outline design (ES4 Form A) - referred to as 'Stage 1' and the completion of detailed design (ES5 Form B) and further, construction (ES6-8) - referred to as "Stage Two" of rail station enhancement projects.
These stations will be funded under the Department for Transport's (DfT) and "City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS)". The project involves up to three Access for All solutions for stations within Greater Manchester: Broadbottom, Hall 'ith Wood and Moorside (called AfA T5).
The AfA T5 Projects at Hall'ith Wood, Broadbottom and Moorside comprise of a combination of new wayfinding, lifts, footbridges and ramp improvements to ensure step free access from station entrance to platform with all associated enabling works.
There is also potential for this requirement to cover similar AfA minor enhancements to other stations.
CPV: Buildings associated with transport · Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork · Lift and escalator installation work · Railway station construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£18,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 50%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Technical
- Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 14:48 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 12:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DN792694- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047819- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a609Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 13 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published385 days ago1 Oct 2025, 14:48 BST
- Market engagement207 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Market Sounding Questionnaire is available via ProContract DN792694
- Next notice expected176 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 12:53 BST
- Clarification questions by77 days ago5 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline63 days ago19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 13 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 23 days13 Nov 2026
Notice history
9 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025- Planned procurement notice published1 Oct 2025, 14:48 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Feb 2026, 10:52 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:22 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Mar 2026, 10:40 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Mar 2026, 10:04 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published22 May 2026, 12:53 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £18,500,00022 May 2026, 12:53 BSTwas £20,054,000
- Status changed to active22 May 2026, 12:53 BST
- Deadline moved to 19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST22 May 2026, 12:53 BST+140 days · was 1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 2 releases · 27 Feb 2026, 27 Feb 2026
- 2025-10: 1 release · 1 Oct 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender