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Published 8 Sept 2026, 14:16 BST

Official UK Procurement Procedure

Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier B

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-06f4a2
Creator: West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Published: 2026-09-08T13:16:16.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Local Council

SME eligible

Competitive flexible procedure

Special Regime: {"utilities"}

No classification published

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

Published value

Not published

Contract value exc. VAT

Submission deadline

Open opportunity

complete

Lots published

Lots published in procedure

Contract duration

Competitive flexible procedure

Published delivery schedule

Electronic Sourcing Gateway:

Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification

Tenderline summary generated from the published notice

Executive Summary: West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier B". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier B Franchise Agreements: Lot 4: Cleckheaton Lot 5: Dewsbury Small Lot 6: Kirklees North Lot 7: Huddersfield Small Lot 8: Holmfirth Lot 9: Slaithwaite Lot 10: Hebden Bridge Lot 11: Leeds Bradford Airport Lot 12: Leeds Pudsey

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure

Published by the contracting authority

Lot 1 · #1
Individual lot title not published
complete
Published valueNot published
The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
Contract period:
Not published
Eligibility:
Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box

Criteria & entry requirements

Evaluation weighting

Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.

Incumbent & Market Position

Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Airbus Helicopters UK LtdHolds 54.5% of historical attributable spend

High Concentration

Entry requirements & qualification

Turnover Benchmark

Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.

Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)

Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid

Accreditations & Security Vetting

Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.

Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

Buyer track record & authority intelligence: West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Rolling 24 months

Derived from OCDS data

Published track record for West Yorkshire Combined Authority. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.

Avg price drop

Not availableEarly / insufficient sample

Requires 5 comparable published awards

Competition Density

12Bids / Report (median)

Single-bidder rate: 0% · Mean: 16 bids

Supplier Concentration

High Concentration

Airbus Helicopters UK LtdTop vendor: 54.5% of attributable value

Published spend

£136,277,686Historical spend

Cumulative GBP spend across 5 retained awards

Methodology & coverage notes (5 active published awards)

Coverage: 5 active published awards; 7 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 in this Category (CPV 60):

Supplier Name	Historic Awards	Attributable Value	Avg. Price Discount
Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd	1 win	£74,245,841	No published budget
First West Yorkshire Limited	1 win	£15,507,961	No published budget
TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED	1 win	£15,507,961	No published budget
KILVINGTONS OF LEEDS LTD	1 win	£15,507,961	No published budget
East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited, Procters Coaches (North Yorkshire) Limited, Esk Valley Coaches Limited, Compass Royston Travel Limted, W Cropper Limited T/A Fourway Coaches	1 win	£15,507,961	No published budget

Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

CPV 60 · UK Sector Analysis

Observed CPV-sector evidence

Suitable for SMEs

Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST

Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.

Median Winning Discount

0.05%

CPV sector evidence · 37 comparable price observations

Typical Bids Received

8reported bids

CPV sector evidence · 13,704 published bid reports

Decision Velocity

~41 days

CPV sector evidence · median from 90 completed procedures

Notice Stability

Stable notice

Published terms remained unchanged

Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 60)

Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field

Supplier	Awards won	Total awarded value	Avg. winning discount
network cars (tottenham) ltd	557 contracts	£2,202,143	At ceiling / not disclosed
XPERT CARS	418 contracts	£156,611,853	At ceiling / not disclosed
STL	416 contracts	£129,939,716	At ceiling / not disclosed
Airport Transfer Cars Ltd	340 contracts	£1,423,566	At ceiling / not disclosed
Cascade Cars	327 contracts	£34,310,367	At ceiling / not disclosed
Emess Car Service	318 contracts	£157,205	At ceiling / not disclosed
Leyton Midland Cars	263 contracts	£16,077	At ceiling / not disclosed
Nivo Mobility	209 contracts	£133,783,382	At ceiling / not disclosed
iconnectcar	205 contracts	£93,861,905	At ceiling / not disclosed
Sprint transfers Ltd	200 contracts	£65,385,592	At ceiling / not disclosed

Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents

Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.

No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.

Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure method	Competitive flexible procedure	Legal basis	UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023	Procurement category	Services
Notice status	complete	Procurement threshold	Sub-threshold	Regulatory regime	{"utilities"}
Commercial structure	Stand-alone contract (No framework)	Competition type	Competitive procedure	GPA WTO covered	Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement	No (One-off requirement)	First published	8 Sept 2026, 14:16 BST	Last source update	8 Sept 2026, 14:16 BST
Classification (CPV)	Unspecified in notice
Delivery area	Location not published
Official Registry OCID	`ocds-h6vhtk-06f4a2`

Timeline

Procedure published
8 Sept 2026, 14:16 BST
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £40,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £21,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £17,500,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £26,500,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £7,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £7,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £4,500,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £21,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Award pending
8 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £6,000,000
Standstill period concludes
17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)