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Published 1 Dec 2025, 15:02 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

New Diesel Passenger Vehicles

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Published estimate£1,350,000≈ £1.8m / year · £1,620,000 inc. VAT15% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Jan 2026awarded 16 Mar 2026
Award (standstill) to TREKA BUS LIMITED
Contract term 9 moends 31 Oct 2026 · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Technical Specification for New Diesel Passenger

Vehicles is applicable to new diesel vehicles being introduced in the local transport authority areas

of Liverpool City Region (Merseytravel).

This specification covers short length diesel passenger vehicles. LCRCA is not specifying whether

these vehicles should be Mini or small PCV buses, provided that it can deliver on the requirements

within this specification. The vehicles will be capable of carrying seated but unrestrained occupants

and standing occupants. Such vehicles are categorised the Consolidated Resolution on the

Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) as M3; Class I.

CPV: Motor vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 9 moSMEPublished value£1,350,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 (9 mo)Value: £1,350,000 exc. VAT · £1,620,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
34100000 Motor vehicles

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 65%Price: 35%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 65%
  • Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: Technical Compliance Score 45% Customer Experience Proposal Score 10% User Operability Proposal Score 10%
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
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
1 Dec 2025, 15:02 GMT
Last source update
16 Mar 2026, 17:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 31 Jan 2026
Authority reference
DN798612
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078553
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Motor vehicles
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec17 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submission will only be accepted via the Chest: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Ref: DN798612

Timeline

1 Dec 2025 → 26 Mar 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 15:02 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by312 days ago
    19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline291 days ago
    9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by269 days ago
    31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts269 days ago
    1 Feb 2026
  6. Assessment summaries sent226 days ago
    16 Mar 2026
  7. Latest notice published225 days ago
    16 Mar 2026, 17:53 GMT
  8. Standstill ends215 days ago
    26 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 15:02 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    16 Mar 2026, 17:53 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Mar 2026, 17:53 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,147,5201 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
TREKA BUS LIMITED1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£1,147,52016 Mar 2026standstill to 26 Mar 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders20—

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TREKA BUS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 15320085 Colmill Works Wigan Road, Westhoughton,, Bolton,, North West, BL5 2EEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender