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Published 9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

AccessBus Service Contract

West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Local Council
services
SME eligible
VCSE eligible
Above threshold
Open procedure
Public road transport services
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Published value
£14,400,000
≈ £4,795,803 / year
Submission deadline
7 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
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Clarification Cut-Off
23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 5 lots
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 01:00 BST
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
EU-Supply (CTM) ↗
Public page
Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Official notice
Registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Instructions: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=106941&TID100112030&B=

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "AccessBus Service Contract". Published status: active. Published value: £14,400,000. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.
Official Requirement Description:
5 Lots covering the districts of West Yorkshire - Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. To provide AccessBus services to the public of the region.

Lots and requirements (5)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #LOT-0001
    Lot 1: Bradford
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£3,000,000
    Lot 1 of 5. Bradford 3 year initial contract for AccessBus services.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Initial 3 year contract with 2x1 year extensions.
  • Lot 2 · #LOT-0002
    Lot 2: Calderdale
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£1,320,000
    Lot 2 of 5. 3 year initial contract for AccessBus services.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Initial 3 year contract. 2x1 year extensions, totalling 5 years potentially.
  • Lot 3 · #LOT-0003
    Lot 3: Kirklees
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£1,680,000
    Lot 3 of 5. 3 year initial contract for AccessBus services.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Initial 3 year contract. 2x1 year extensions totalling 5 years.
  • Lot 4 · #LOT-0004
    Lot 4: Leeds
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£6,120,000
    Lot 4 of 5. 3 year initial contract for AccessBus services.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Initial 3 year contract with 2x1 year extensions, totalling 5 years altogether.
  • Lot 5 · #LOT-0005
    Lot 5: Wakefield
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£2,280,000
    Lot 5 of 5. 3 year initial contract for AccessBus services.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Initial 3 year contract with 2x1 year extensions totalling 5 years altogether.

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Price: 50%
Quality: 50%
Uniform evaluation weighting applied across all 5 lots.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Airbus Helicopters UK LtdHolds 54.5% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£9,591,606 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 3 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: West Yorkshire Combined Authority

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for West Yorkshire Combined Authority. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    12Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 0% · Mean: 16 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High Concentration
    Airbus Helicopters UK LtdTop vendor: 54.5% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £136,277,686Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 5 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (5 active published awards)
    Coverage: 5 active published awards; 7 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 60):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd1 win£74,245,841No published budget
    First West Yorkshire Limited1 win£15,507,961No published budget
    TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED1 win£15,507,961No published budget
    KILVINGTONS OF LEEDS LTD1 win£15,507,961No published budget
    East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited, Procters Coaches (North Yorkshire) Limited, Esk Valley Coaches Limited, Compass Royston Travel Limted, W Cropper Limited T/A Fourway Coaches1 win£15,507,961No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 60 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 9 Sept 2026, 17:06 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0.05%
    CPV sector evidence · 37 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    8reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 13,704 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~41 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 90 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 60)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    network cars (tottenham) ltd
    		557 contracts£2,202,143At ceiling / not disclosed
    XPERT CARS
    		418 contracts£156,611,853At ceiling / not disclosed
    STL
    		416 contracts£129,939,716At ceiling / not disclosed
    Airport Transfer Cars Ltd
    		340 contracts£1,423,566At ceiling / not disclosed
    Cascade Cars
    		327 contracts£34,310,367At ceiling / not disclosed
    Emess Car Service
    		318 contracts£157,205At ceiling / not disclosed
    Leyton Midland Cars
    		263 contracts£16,077At ceiling / not disclosed
    Nivo Mobility
    		209 contracts£133,783,382At ceiling / not disclosed
    iconnectcar
    		205 contracts£93,861,905At ceiling / not disclosed
    Sprint transfers Ltd
    		200 contracts£65,385,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    School / College Transport – SEND – Taxi – BPB000186Lincolnshire County Council · 3 Sept 2026, 11:44 BST
    		£1,680,000,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    similar value band
    The West Midlands Franchising Scheme for Buses Dynamic MarketWest Midlands Combined Authority · 25 Aug 2026, 14:49 BST
    		£1,500,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Dockless bike hire concession services Lot 1 (contract 1)London Borough of Camden · 21 Aug 2026, 13:36 BST
    		£82,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Dockless bike hire concession services Lot 1 (contract 2)London Borough of Camden · 21 Aug 2026, 13:39 BST
    		£82,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Dockless bike hire concession services Lot 2London Borough of Camden · 21 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
    		£82,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement threshold
    Above threshold
    (FTS publication)
    		Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BSTLast source update9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
    Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Public road transport services
    Delivery area
    Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f5da

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
    Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
    Public portal access
    Online submission allowed
    Language: EN
    Open official portal workspace ↗
    Access & Registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    7 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
    		Clarification deadline
    23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
    2. Clarification deadline
      23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
    3. Submission deadline
      7 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    West Yorkshire Combined Authority

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PHYG-7328-ZLQJ
    View buyer profile →

    Official Documents & Specifications (2)

    Official links; attachments are not copied

    • Tender notice on Find a Tender

      tender
      Tender notice
      9 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST

    • Conflict of interest declaration

      tender
      Conflict of interest declaration
      Notice declares: Not published
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Preliminary market engagement (PME) rationaleAligned procurement with Bus Franchising.