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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Rapid Transit Commission

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-05a036
Creator: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Published: 2026-01-20T15:45:47.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

No classification published

Location not published

Published value

Not published

Submission deadline Not published

Lots published1

Procurement Executive Summary

AI & Search Synopsis

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Tenderline Synopsis: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority: "Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Rapid Transit Commission". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Contracting Authority	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority	Scope & Categories	Not published	Submission Window	complete No deadline published
Submission Gateway	Direct notice route	Legal Basis & Regime	Standard procurement	Estimated Value (exc. VAT)	Not published

Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

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Published history for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.

Published-to-award variance

Not availableInsufficient comparable data

Requires at least 5 comparable procedures

Competition Density

3.6Bids / Report

15.4% of reports have one bid

Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration

ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITEDTop vendor: 60.7% of attributable value

Payment Terms

Check noticePublished terms

Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.

Coverage: 61 active published awards; 13 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 With This Authority:

Supplier Name	Historic Awards	Attributable GBP Value
ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED	4 wins	£67,471,435
Bamford Bus Company Ltd	2 wins	£43,604,005

Procedure terms

Contracting AuthorityLiverpool City Region Combined Authority	Procedure methodNot published	Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete	Framework / DPSFramework	CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published	Legal basisNot published	Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published	Electronic submissionNot published	Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT	Last source update20 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT	Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a036

What is being bought

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Framework for Rapid Transit Commission Background The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking to develop and implement Rapid Transit as an integral element of its public transport network. The development of such a network is linked to broader strategic objectives, including: • helping to support growth and productivity, and • enhancing connectivity, and complementing existing and future bus, rail and active travel opportunities, and • reducing congestion and significantly contributing to air quality and net zero agendas. About this commission This commission is to seek consultancy support for the business case work for Rapid Transit through a framework. This will cover a staged series of work, from early options appraisal through to Full Business Case (FBC). Liverpool City Region Combined are seeking to award a single supplier to a framework for the purpose of delivering this initial phase of works and supporting phases and any other additional in scope work needed for delivering this project.

What changed

From the official release history

Official notice release published
20 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
tender value changed
3 Nov 2025, 14:21 GMT
Status changed to complete
3 Nov 2025, 14:21 GMT
Official notice release published
3 Nov 2025, 14:21 GMT
Submission deadline changed to published date
3 Nov 2025, 14:21 GMT
Official notice release published
23 Sept 2025, 15:26 BST
Published value updated to £3,200,000
23 Sept 2025, 14:20 BST
Status changed to active
23 Sept 2025, 14:20 BST
Official notice release published
23 Sept 2025, 14:20 BST
Submission deadline changed to 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
23 Sept 2025, 14:20 BST
Buyer information updated
23 Sept 2025, 14:20 BST

Lots and requirements (1)

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 periodNot published
EligibilityNot published
Options / renewalNot published

Timeline

Procedure published
20 Jan 2026, 15:45 GMT
Award active
Not published · Not published
Contract active
Signed 19 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · £3,200,000

Commercial outcome and competition

Awards

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active

Contracts

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Rapid Transit Commission
£3,200,000 · signed 19 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 20 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT — 31 Mar 2028, 23:59 BST

Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published

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