Official UK procurement notice
Task Force Boards Consultancy Support
Authority: Transport for the North (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for the North is seeking consultancy support to provide an independent chair and technical support to service three new Task Force Boards being established across the North of England to bring together decisions on train services and infrastructure investment into a single forum with a regional focus.
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CPV: Railway transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£100,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Understanding of Context & Approach: 20%
- Personnel Capability: 30%
- Technical Capability: 20%
- Price 1 - Chair of Task Force: 15%
- Price 2 - Technical Support: 10%
- Decarbonisation: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Price 1 - Chair of Task Force: Long criteria description
- Price 2 - Technical Support: Long criteria description
- Understanding of Context & Approach: Long criteria description
- Personnel Capability: Long criteria description
- Technical Capability: Long criteria description
- Decarbonisation: Long criteria description
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 12 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008950- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec10Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
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Timeline
12 Mar 2025 → 13 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published12 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline7 Apr 2025, 11:00 BST
- Contract starts13 Apr 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender