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Published 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Bus Franchising Round 1 - Tier A
Local Council
Competitive flexible procedure
Special Regime: {"utilities"}
No classification published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
Lots published
1
Contract duration
Competitive flexible procedure
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "Bus Franchising Round 1 - Tier A". 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 A Franchise Agreements: Leeds 1 (Bramley) Kirklees (Dewsbury) Kirklees (Huddersfield)
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:Not publishedEligibility:Not published
Qualification snapshot & criteria
Go / No-Go Decision Box
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 ConcentrationEntry requirements & qualification
Turnover Benchmark
Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
Accreditations & Security Vetting
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
Competition Density
12Bids / Report (median)
Supplier Concentration
Published spend
£136,277,686Historical spend
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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 11:34 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%
Typical Bids Received
8reported bids
Decision Velocity
~41 days
Notice Stability
Stable notice
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 60)
Supplier | Awards won | Total awarded value | Avg. winning discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 557 contracts | £2,202,143 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 418 contracts | £156,611,853 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 416 contracts | £129,939,716 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 340 contracts | £1,423,566 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 327 contracts | £34,310,367 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 318 contracts | £157,205 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 263 contracts | £16,077 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 209 contracts | £133,783,382 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 205 contracts | £93,861,905 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 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.
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 | 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST | Last source update | 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST |
| Classification (CPV) | Unspecified in notice | ||||
| Delivery area | Location not published | ||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06e7a5 | ||||
Timeline
- Procedure published
19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST - Award pending
19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £150,000,000 - Standstill period concludes
28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium) - Award pending
19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £67,000,000 - Standstill period concludes
28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium) - Award pending
19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £103,000,000 - Standstill period concludes
28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (3) First West Yorkshire Limited £150,000,000 · 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · pending · lots 1 Standstill concludes: 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing) Assessment summaries issued: 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED £67,000,000 · 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · pending · lots 1 Standstill concludes: 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing) Assessment summaries issued: 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST First West Yorkshire Limited £103,000,000 · 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · pending · lots 1 Standstill concludes: 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing) Assessment summaries issued: 19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statistics bids: 23 (lot 1) finalStageBids: 9 (lot 1) smeFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1) vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1) |
Bidding dynamics & price outcome Total bids received: 23 (0 from SMEs) |
Notice history
From official release and amendment events
- Official notice release published
19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Contracting authority
Local Council
Award and contract changes
Official Documents & Specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
Officially Related Procedures (1)
Official OCDS Relations