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WMCA July 2026 Subsidised Bus Tenders

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£2,600,000
Submission deadline 30 Mar 2026, 17:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: West Midlands Combined Authority: "WMCA July 2026 Subsidised Bus Tenders". Published status: complete. Published value: £2,600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Mar 2026, 17:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
30 Mar 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£2,600,000
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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
Last source update5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066285
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 25th July 2026 need to be re-procured in order to ensure the routes contained within each contract remain operational. There are three (3) contracts in total that are being tendered. Please note the value of the procurement published is the total aggregrated value of all three (3) contracts.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
  5. Published value updated to £2,600,000
    4 Mar 2026, 17:08 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    4 Mar 2026, 17:08 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    4 Mar 2026, 17:08 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 30 Mar 2026, 17:00 BST
    4 Mar 2026, 17:08 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    4 Mar 2026, 17:08 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Jun 2026, 12:04 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    30 Mar 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Award active
    5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £582,000
  4. Award active
    5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,863,550
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Chaserider Buses Limited
£582,000 · 5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
West Midlands Travel Limited
£1,863,550 · 5 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statistics
bids: 4 (lot 1)
finalStageBids: 4 (lot 1)
smeFinalStageBids: 2 (lot 1)
vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Midlands Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGMD-1353-PZVX
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Award and contract changes
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