Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Market Engagement - Uniform for Bus Franchising in Liverpool City Region

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 29 Jun 2028 · starts 30 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Under franchising, The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) expects bus operators and their staff to reflect our values and present a consistent corporate image of a high-quality integrated bus network.

We are looking to procure a complete uniform package for all customer facing staff operating services for the LCRCA who will wear the same uniform, workwear, and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and be subject to standards of wear and care through the operators' conditions of contract.

LCRCA will design the uniform, procure the supplier, agree the quality and the operator will purchases direct from supplier and then issue directly to the employee.

This market engagement aims to engage with potential suppliers to inform future procurement decisions for branded Metro uniforms, ensuring delivery of high quality, functional and comfortable garments that meet the daily needs of the drivers and other key frontline staff who are the face of our service to customers.

Please complete this in as much detail as possible and return it to: [email protected] by Monday 14th July at 10am.

This is for Market Engagement purposes only and is not a call for competition. No procurement documents are therefore available until formal call for competition.

CPV: Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 30 Jun 2026 – 29 Jun 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
Last source update
1 Jul 2025, 12:58 BST
Authority reference
DN779771
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036394
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05558d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 12:58 BST
  3. Market engagement
    14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please note the contract dates are to still be determined.

    Questionnaire to be completed can be found on The Chest portal www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ search using reference DN779771

  4. Contract starts121 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 12:58 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

web address for The Chest was not complete, now amended.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNDZ-8253-CJJM 1 Mann Island, Liverpool, North West, L3 1BPContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure