Official UK procurement notice
Bus Shelter and Bus Stop Maintenance and Cleaning
Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTfGM currently has a large volume of physical assets managed by the Facilities Management (FM) team that require maintenance including bus shelters and poles. This is a legal
requirement responding to health and safety of assets, especially responding to vandalism
and accidents, where assets in public use need to be kept in good working order.
The scope of the Bus Shelter and Stop Maintenance contract includes, but is not limited to
the following:
- Repair or replacement for damaged infrastructure.
- Fast-response make-safe and repair service.
- Placing a temporary Pole/sign when needed.
- Sourcing and installing replacement standard components.
- Scheduled maintenance programmes.
- Installation and manufacture of spare parts.
- Monitoring of asset condition to assist maintenance programming
- Scheduled and ad-hoc deep cleaning options .
-Defect notification
The scope of contract would also include Bus Shelter Cleaning Services including but not
limited to the following:
- Cleaning of all window panels
- Cleaning of all metal framework of the shelter including the roofing structures
- Cleaning of panels to roofing (above and underneath)
- Cleaning of lighting units and CCTV fixtures (taking care not to cause damage with water
ingress).
- Cleaning of associated poles and signage plates
- Emptying and cleaning of litter bins (inside and out)
- Jet washing paving and surrounds as required
CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£917,500
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to ITT documents.
- Technical & professional ability
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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 (2)
- Technical Requirements including Social Value: 40%
- Contract Costs: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Requirements including Social Value
- Contract Costs
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to ITT documents.
- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2025, 10:57 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2026, 09:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
DN774947- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028947- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051589Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
16 May 2025 → 8 May 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published16 May 2025, 10:57 BST
- Next notice expected28 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published30 May 2025, 17:29 BST
- Clarification questions by17 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline2 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent12 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts15 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends394 days ago23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published167 days ago8 May 2026, 09:59 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 May 2025, 10:57 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 May 2025, 17:29 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £917,50030 May 2025, 17:29 BSTwas £1,101,000
- Status changed to active30 May 2025, 17:29 BST
- Procurement method changed30 May 2025, 17:29 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST30 May 2025, 17:29 BST
- Contract award notice published12 Sept 2025, 15:37 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Sept 2025, 15:37 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published8 May 2026, 09:59 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 16 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ELECTRICAL (NW) LTDBus Shelter & Bus Stop Maintenance and Cleaning20 Oct 2025 – 19 Apr 2027 · up to 19 Apr 2028Extensions: Optional 12 month extension at the discretion of TfGM. | £1,232,826 | 12 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · CENTRAL ELECTRICAL (NW) LTD
- Signed
- 17 Nov 2025
- Value
- £1,232,826
- Period
- 17 Nov 2025 – 16 May 2027 · up to 16 May 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extension dependant on TfGM requirements.
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than £5million, therefore KPI's do not need to be published.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CENTRAL ELECTRICAL (NW) LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender