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Bus Franchising in the Liverpool City Region - Procurement of second-hand diesel buses

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
North West (UKD7)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority: "Bus Franchising in the Liverpool City Region - Procurement of second-hand diesel buses". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLiverpool City Region Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.6Bids / Report
15.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITEDTop vendor: 60.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 61 active published awards; 13 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED4 wins£67,471,435
Bamford Bus Company Ltd2 wins£43,604,005
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLiverpool City Region Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
Last source update27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationTransport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f972
What is being bought
LCRCA intends to begin introducing franchised bus services from 6 September 2026. LCRCA require at least 100 second-hand buses which must be available prior to the franchise services commencing. The required delivery date of vehicles to LCRCA would be the first half of and in any event, no later than June 2026, when following testing and acceptance of vehicles, ownership would be transferred to LCRCA. These buses must meet the following criteria: • Be diesel traction only. • Preferably compliant with the Euro 6 emissions standard. • Deemed roadworthiness from the most recent annual vehicle test (MOT) and compliant with all relevant UK regulations. • Be no more than 8 years old as at 6 September 2026. • Be double-decker, single-decker or midi sized. • Be in right hand drive configuration. • Have one passenger door. The supplier must also be able to provide all relevant maintenance documents and accident records relevant to the vehicle.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    27 Mar 2025, 12:24 GMT
  3. engagement
    10 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Please provide the following information via email to the above address. 1. The number of double-decker, single-decker and midi-sized vehicles available for purchase 2. The average age of the vehicles available. 3. Confirmation that these vehicles meet all requirements as outlined above. 4. Confirmation that the potential supplier would be able to meet the required delivery date of no later than June 2026.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNDZ-8253-CJJM
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published