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Published 22 May 2025, 14:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NorTMS External Audit · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Transport for the North (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate£50,000£60,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Jun 2025awarded 8 Aug 2025
Awarded to Haskoning UK Ltd
Contract term 4 moends 7 Nov 2025 · up to 3 Feb 2026 with extensions · starts 13 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Transport for the North (TfN) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake a full audit of all the model inputs and outputs in the Northern Transport Modelling System (NorTMS) and to provide an audit report with recommendations for areas requiring improvement. The supplier must be an expert CUBE model reviewer with competent Python skills as some elements of NorTMS are coded in Python, and who has not worked with NorTMS or related to any TfN framework directly involved in NorTMS.

To view this notice, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Technical analysis or consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 4 moSMEPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 13 Jul 2025 – 7 Nov 2025 (4 mo) · up to 3 Feb 2026 with extensionsValue: £50,000 exc. VAT · £60,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: An optional 3 month extension has been built into the contract.
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

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: 75%Price: 20%Environmental: 5%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Expertise and experience: 35%
  • Approach to auditing: 30%
  • Deliverables: 10%
  • Price: 20%
  • Decarbonisation: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Expertise and experience: Long criteria description
  • Approach to auditing: Long criteria description
  • Deliverables: Long criteria description
  • Decarbonisation: Long criteria description
  • Price: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Last source update
29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024913
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Technical analysis or consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051df9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submissions are to be uploaded on the Delta e-sourcing portal as described in the tender documents www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 29 Aug 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    6 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    13 Jul 2025
  5. Latest notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    29 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £50,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Haskoning UK Ltd£50,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Haskoning UK Ltd

    Signed
    8 Aug 2025
    Value
    £50,000
    Period
    9 Aug 2025 – 21 Jan 2026 · up to 21 Mar 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    An optional 2 month extension has been built into the contract.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Transport for the North

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQPZ-2866-ZTCV Level 6, Town Hall Extension, Lloyd Street, Manchester, North West, M2 5DBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • HASKONING UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier Westpoint Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, East of England, PE2 6FZContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsFor more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/??notice-title??/9Q2M5G96B6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9Q2M5G96B6

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender