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title: "Support for Bus Franchising Pilots"
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# Support for Bus Franchising Pilots

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/support-for-bus-franchising-pilots-ocds-h6vhtk-058517). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Support for Bus Franchising Pilots". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: dft.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 September 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial consultancy services, Transport systems consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/support-for-bus-franchising-pilots-ocds-h6vhtk-058517#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058517`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/support-for-bus-franchising-pilots-ocds-h6vhtk-058517#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dft.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdft.app.jaggaer.com%2Fgo%2F026422100198604E313C)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/support-for-bus-franchising-pilots-ocds-h6vhtk-058517#participate

## Description
The purpose of this procurement is to commission an external consultant to support the development of new and innovative Franchising Models and support the department with phase 1 of the Bus Franchising and Reform Pilot Programme.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66171000, 71311200
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £500,000

- **Contract Period:** 05/10/2025 to 30/03/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Support for Bus Franchising Pilots (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-OC454533`
  - Value: £500,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 28/09/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (terminated)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047613-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-07T14:08:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T03:58:36.996Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058517