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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Bus Fleet Decarbonisation Strategy"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Bus Fleet Decarbonisation Strategy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-bus-fleet-decarbonisation-strategy-ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** LCRCA is progressing the transition of the Liverpool City Region bus fleet towards a zero-emission operation. As part of this programme, LCRCA has approximately £50 million of TCR1 funding available for investment in fleet decarbonisation.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Liverpool City Region Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-region-combined-authority-ons-e47000004)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Energy-efficiency consultancy services (primary), Environmental engineering consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-bus-fleet-decarbonisation-strategy-ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fb`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-bus-fleet-decarbonisation-strategy-ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fb#tl-md)

## Description
LCRCA is progressing the transition of the Liverpool City Region bus fleet towards a zero-emission operation. As part of this programme, LCRCA has approximately £50 million of TCR1 funding available for investment in fleet decarbonisation.
LCRCA is proposing to commission an evidence-based strategy for how this funding could best be deployed across zero-emission vehicles, vehicle repowering, and associated depot and charging infrastructure, while considering both the immediate benefits achievable through TCR1 and the longer-term pathway towards a fully zero-emission bus fleet.
The work is expected to consider the bus fleet and associated infrastructure at Birkenhead, Bootle, Green Lane, St Helens, and Speke depots and the services operating from these locations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 71313000, 71314300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 02/08/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F105932-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-06T16:54:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-13T19:01:48.081Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fb
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.