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title: "Coventry Electric Bus City - Operators, Vehicles, Chargers and Infrastructure"
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# Coventry Electric Bus City - Operators, Vehicles, Chargers and Infrastructure

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coventry-electric-bus-city-operators-vehicles-chargers-and-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-02afe5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Midlands Combined Authority: "Coventry Electric Bus City - Operators, Vehicles, Chargers and Infrastructure". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £50,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Midlands Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority-ons-e47000007)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £50,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Battery chargers, Buses and coaches, Chargers, Double-decker buses, Electric motors, generators and transformers (+10 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02afe5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coventry-electric-bus-city-operators-vehicles-chargers-and-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-02afe5#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to inform the market of the grant opportunity, provide general updates and seek soft market testing in a number of areas as required.
All related documents can be found within the project on the eTendering system -  https:/wmca.bravosolution.co.uk
West Midlands Combined Authority have successfully secured Grant Funding from Government to deliver the first all-electric bus city in the UK.  
A maximum of £50 million in grant funding will be provided for the programme to deliver Coventry Electric Bus City.
It is anticipated that the grant funding will support the delivery of the following:
•	New EV buses 
•	Power provision and upgrades.
•	Vehicle charging.
The programme is to be delivered by end of 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 09310000, 31100000, 31158000, 31158100, 31200000, 34121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to inform the market of the grant opportunity, provide general updates and seek soft market testing in a number of areas as required.
All related documents can be found within the project on the eTender...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010356-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-11T21:55:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T22:38:38.243Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02afe5