Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Commercials — Refer to tender docs (50%)
Quality and Technical — Refer to tender docs (40%)
Social Value — Refer to tender docs (10%)
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TransPennine Express (TPE) is a train operating company dedicated to providing high-quality rail services across the North of England and into Scotland. We are committed to continually improving the customer experience and rely on detailed, accurate, and insightful mystery shopping data to support service enhancements, training, and performance monitoring. We are looking for a service provider to support with our mystery shopping programme. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Market-research-services./3K9M892546 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3K9M892546
UK, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Commercials — Refer to tender docs (50%)
Quality and Technical — Refer to tender docs (40%)
Social Value — Refer to tender docs (10%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Market research services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Market research services (79310000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 79 | 9,443 | 4 median · 33 average (3,776 of 9,443 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (4,228 of 9,443 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 3 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 2,621 | 4 median · 65.8 average (1,003 of 2,621 with a bid count) | 5.1 average (1,182 of 2,621 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 818 | 4.5 median · 7 average (24 of 818 with a bid count) | 1.2 average (24 of 818 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06bb02 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 058926-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Jun 23 2026 11:33:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058926-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-07-21T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-07-03T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-09-10T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ with access code 3K9M892546 |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £375,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | tender | 058926-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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