Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement - Uniform for Bus Franchising in Liverpool City Region
Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnder 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 publishedProcedure 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05558dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BST
- Latest notice published1 Jul 2025, 12:58 BST
- Market engagement14 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
- Contract starts121 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jun 2025, 09:36 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jul 2025, 12:58 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender