Tender

Bus Franchising Procurement Delivery Partner.

  • South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-041043

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05617e

Published 17 July 2025, 3:47pm



Scope

Reference

ProContract Ref DN783038

Description

The opportunity is for an organisation to support South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority via a Bus Franchising Procurement Delivery Partner.

The Authority anticipates that the contract will start September 2025 and will end March 2027.

Total value (estimated)

  • £900,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,080,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 8 September 2025 to 31 October 2027
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2029
  • 3 years, 6 months, 23 days

Description of possible extension:

The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for a further 2 x 12-month periods subject to requirement against delivery and satisfactory performance.

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

There may be a requirement for additional procurement support from a capacity perspective outside of the core activity outlined in the specification.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UKE3 - South Yorkshire

Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

Conditions of Participation

Technical ability conditions of participation

None required

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

1 August 2025, 5:00pm

Tender submission deadline

13 August 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

26 August 2025


Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Quality

1 Approach to Working with SYMCA 15%.

2 Execution of Procurement Process & Timeline 40%

3 Legacy & Knowledge Transfer 20%

4 Personnel 15%

5 Added Value 10%

Quality 60%
Price Price 40%

Other information

Applicable trade agreements

  • Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure


Documents

Associated tender documents

https://procontract.due-north.com

All tender documents are available via ProContract.


Contracting authority

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDBT-6675-QXPN

11 Broad Street West

Sheffield

S1 2BQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKE32 - Sheffield

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government