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title: "Early Market Engagement - SOUTH YORKSHIRE BUS NETWORK MODELLING AND BID RESPONSE SUPPORT"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-market-engagement-south-yorkshire-bus-network-modelling-and-bid-response-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05d782"
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# Early Market Engagement - SOUTH YORKSHIRE BUS NETWORK MODELLING AND BID RESPONSE SUPPORT

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-market-engagement-south-yorkshire-bus-network-modelling-and-bid-response-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05d782). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority: "Early Market Engagement - SOUTH YORKSHIRE BUS NETWORK MODELLING AND BID RESPONSE SUPPORT". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-yorkshire-mayoral-combined-authority-GB-PPON-PDBT-6675-QXPN)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software programming and consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-market-engagement-south-yorkshire-bus-network-modelling-and-bid-response-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05d782#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d782`

## 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/early-market-engagement-south-yorkshire-bus-network-modelling-and-bid-response-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05d782#tl-md)

## Description
This market test is published by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA/the Authority). Further information about the Authority can be found on our website at www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk  
In March 2025, the Mayor of South Yorkshire took the decision to take buses back under public control, using the Bus Services Act to franchise services across the region. This decision is part of an overarching vision for a high quality, customer-centric, integrated public transport system across South Yorkshire, focused on the needs of citizens and accountable to them.  
As the bus franchising programme moves forward the authority wishes to understand the market and third party modelling software.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 30/06/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F069907-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-30T18:10:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T21:00:37.369Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d782