Official UK procurement notice
Call off for the Supply of Buses
Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Award in standstill 14 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbus +2 more3 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe tender supports the Authority's objective to deliver a modern, efficient and future-ready bus fleet that will serve South Yorkshire for the next 15 years as part of its Bus Franchising programme.
Following the further competition process, the Authority intends to enter into (up to) four separate contracts for four different vehicle types as follows:
i) Electric Double-Deck,
ii) Electric Single-Deck
iii) Diesel Double-Deck, and
iv) Diesel Single-Deck
Suppliers may be awarded more than one vehicle type as part of an awarded contract.
The awarded contracts provide no guarantee of value or volume, with the specific number of vehicles ordered per vehicle type/contract to be determined on the basis of available funding / operational need.
The contract term includes options for phases one, two and three of Bus Franchising, with delivery extending up to 2030, and with a total potential contract value across all vehicle types/contracts of up to £275m .
The contracts allow the Authority to procure additional vehicles beyond the initial phase 1 tranche, but there is no obligation to do so.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jul 2026, 19:14 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 19:14 BST
- Authority reference
UN29706- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066496- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cb69Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework CSKL & TPPL Bus Framework 2025
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Jul 2026 → 23 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published98 days ago14 Jul 2026, 19:14 BST
- Standstill ends89 days ago23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2026- Contract award notice published14 Jul 2026, 19:14 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value Not summedeach provider’s award repeats the list or panel total
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbusi) Electric Double-Deck, and iii) Diesel Double-Deck24 Jul 2026 – 23 Jul 2030Options: The awarded contracts provide no guarantee of value or volume, with the specific number of vehicles ordered/spend per vehicle type/contract to be determined on the basis of available funding / operational need. The £275m (ex VAT) contract sum referenced against the individual contract award(s) reflects the total aggregated value of all awarded contracts, with the specific individual contract value for each vehicle type to be determined over the contract term. The contract term includes options for phases one, two and three of Bus Franchising, with delivery extending up to 2030, and with a total potential contract value across all vehicle types/contracts of up to £275m . The contracts allow the Authority to procure additional vehicles beyond the initial phase 1 tranche, but there is no obligation to do so. | £275,000,000 | 14 Jul 2026standstill to 23 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Pelican Engineering Company (Sales) LimitedSMEii) Electric Single-Deck24 Jul 2026 – 23 Jul 2030Options: The awarded contracts provide no guarantee of value or volume, with the specific number of vehicles ordered/spend per vehicle type/contract to be determined on the basis of available funding / operational need. The £275m (ex VAT) contract sum referenced against the individual contract award(s) reflects the total aggregated value of all awarded contracts, with the specific individual contract value for each vehicle type to be determined over the contract term. The contract term includes options for phases one, two and three of Bus Franchising, with delivery extending up to 2030, and with a total potential contract value across all vehicle types/contracts of up to £275m . The contracts allow the Authority to procure additional vehicles beyond the initial phase 1 tranche, but there is no obligation to do so. | £275,000,000 | 14 Jul 2026standstill to 23 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Alexander-Dennis Ltdiv) Single Deck Diesel24 Jul 2026 – 23 Jul 2030Options: The awarded contracts provide no guarantee of value or volume, with the specific number of vehicles ordered/spend per vehicle type/contract to be determined on the basis of available funding / operational need. The £275m (ex VAT) contract sum referenced against the individual contract award(s) reflects the total aggregated value of all awarded contracts, with the specific individual contract value for each vehicle type to be determined over the contract term. The contract term includes options for phases one, two and three of Bus Franchising, with delivery extending up to 2030, and with a total potential contract value across all vehicle types/contracts of up to £275m . The contracts allow the Authority to procure additional vehicles beyond the initial phase 1 tranche, but there is no obligation to do so. | £275,000,000 | 14 Jul 2026standstill to 23 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Bamford Bus Company LtdAwarded supplier
- PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES), LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender