Official UK procurement notice
TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Transport is seeking to appoint (“Suppliers”) to establish a group of experts with significant bus franchising expertise in specific areas of the field. The Expert Group members will be responsible for providing technical bus franchising expertise to support Local Authorities throughout the different stages of their bus franchising process. Advisory Group members will also support the DfT to develop and provide best practice through tools and templates and, increase capability and capacity of local transport authorities.
- No preliminary market engagement: Time constraint approaching procurement
CPV: Highways consultancy services · Marketing management consultancy services · Procurement consultancy services · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Transport systems consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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 (3)
- Technical Capability: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Capability
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 23 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Apr 2026, 12:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
TLOT10204- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006240- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060d72Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
23 Jan 2026 → 21 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published276 days ago23 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT
- Clarification questions by249 days ago19 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline235 days ago5 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by210 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent202 days ago8 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published199 days ago10 Apr 2026, 12:59 BST
- Standstill ends188 days ago21 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jan 2026- Tender notice published23 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published10 Apr 2026, 12:59 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Apr 2026, 12:59 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Thornton UK LLP, Jacobs UK Ltd, NORTHSTAR CONSULTANCY LIMITED, OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED, REBEL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS & OPERATIONS UK LTD, SYSTRA Limited +2 morejoint award1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2028 | £1,200,000 | 8 Apr 2026standstill to 21 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
8 commercial parties on the notice- GRANT THORNTON UK LLPAwarded supplier
- JACOBS U.K. LIMITED,Awarded supplier
- NORTHSTAR CONSULTANCY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- REBEL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS & OPERATIONS UK LTDAwarded supplier
- STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SYSTRA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- WALNUTWORKS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender