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Tendered Bus Services - Contract T0887

Public road transport services
West Midlands (UKG)
Published value
£1,229,943
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: West Midlands Combined Authority: "Tendered Bus Services - Contract T0887". Published status: planned. Published value: £1,229,943. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,229,943
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: West Midlands Combined Authority
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for West Midlands Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
West Midlands Travel LimitedTop vendor: 71.4% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 157 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
West Midlands Travel Limited1 win£1,863,550
Chaserider Buses Limited1 win£582,000
AECOM LIMITED1 win£124,837
Steer Group Limited1 win£40,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
Last source update19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic road transport services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e7a2
What is being bought
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) supports the provision of an extensive passenger transport network across the West Midlands, both in fulfilment of statutory duties and to enable access to facilities and services. Current Subsidised Bus Contracts expiring on 23rd October 2027 need to be re-procured in order to ensure the routes contained within each contract remain operational.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1,229,943
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
  2. Procedure published
    19 Aug 2026, 13:32 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Midlands Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGMD-1353-PZVX
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published