Official UK procurement notice
Transport for City Regions - New Stations Programme Feasibility Study and Gateway 2 Business Case development
Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Awarded value£68,903published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Sept 2026
Awarded to Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor Woodchurch (Wirral) and Daresbury (Halton), the Combined Authority requires Feasibility Studies to investigate the potential of each scheme to the LCR's Gateway 1 and 2 and provide an output which meets the requirements of a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC).
In order to support the submission of Gateway 1 and Gateway 2, work will include:
- Developing the strategic case for intervention
- Assessing operational considerations
- Understanding existing and future passenger demand
- Exploring site and concept design options
- Producing high level cost estimates, and
- Engagement with local and railway industry stakeholders
- Developing a Gateway 2 Business Case following DfT's SOBC five case model process.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:49 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:49 BST
- Authority reference
5271852- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092984- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ef3Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published1 Oct 2026, 15:49 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £68,9031 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Global Environmental StrategiesSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Institute for Global Environmental StrategiesSME
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2026
- Value
- £68,903
- Period
- 30 Sept 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WSP UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender