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title: "TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group"
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# TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tlot10204-bus-franchising-advisory-group-ocds-h6vhtk-060d72). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT. 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:** £1,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 March 2026 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Highways consultancy services, Marketing management consultancy services, Procurement consultancy services, Technical analysis or consultancy services, Transport systems consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,200,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tlot10204-bus-franchising-advisory-group-ocds-h6vhtk-060d72#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060d72`

## 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/tlot10204-bus-franchising-advisory-group-ocds-h6vhtk-060d72#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dft.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdft.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tlot10204-bus-franchising-advisory-group-ocds-h6vhtk-060d72#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71311200, 71311210, 71621000, 79413000, 79418000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 02/04/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP, Jacobs U.K. Limited, NORTHSTAR CONSULTANCY LIMITED (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:OC307742`, `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-COH:06172311`, `GB-FTS-186781`, `GB-COH:13096028`, `GB-FTS-185782`, `GB-COH:01883830`, `GB-FTS-174296`
  - Value: £1,200,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 07/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006240-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-10T11:59:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T10:06:39.073Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060d72