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Understanding Freight & Logistics: The Role of Local & Combined Authorities in the Development of Rail Freight Interchanges

Buyer: Transport for the North →

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BuyerTransport for the North
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Dec 2025
Value£30,000
Published10 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Transport for the North wishes to appoint a Supplier to produce the next resource in the ‘Understanding freight and logistics’ series, the role of local and combined authorities in the development of rail freight interchanges. Further details of the contract can be found in the procurement documents. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Transport-systems-consultancy-services./475G3SXHA2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/475G3SXHA2

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Transport systems consultancy services 71311200Research and development consultancy services 73200000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£30,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Total Fixed Price — Cost of Service (30%)
Personnel & Organisational Capability — Personnel (30%)
Project Understanding — Understanding (25%)
Project Risk and Management — Risk (10%)
Decarbonisation — Decarbonisation (5%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Transport systems consultancy services, Research and development consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Transport systems consultancy services (71311200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 713,4673 median · 30.6 average (895 of 3,467 with a bid count)3.6 average (994 of 3,467 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7592 median · 82.6 average (182 of 759 with a bid count)6.1 average (222 of 759 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2104 median · 4 average (1 of 210 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 210 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ddc9
Latest release ID072441-2025
Latest release timestampMon Nov 10 2025 14:05:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072441-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-12-05T12:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-12-05T12:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£30,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Nov 2025tender072441-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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