Planning

WCC Bus infrastructure Transformation Project

  • Warwickshire County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-069261

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d5f5

Published 29 October 2025, 10:44am



Scope

Reference

WAR-0016

Description

Warwickshire Council has received Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) Capital Funding for 2025-26 from the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver a programme of prioritised capital measures taken from the Warwickshire BSIP document agreed by Cabinet in July 2025. The measures include transformational components listed as follows:

• Further Real-Time Information (RTI) displays at high-priority bus stops across the county; and

• QR codes linking RTI bus information on to smart-phones.

To deliver the above, the Council would need to procure a Prediction Engine and Content Management System (CMS) to feed predicted bus arrival times from various feeds to the measures listed above.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2027 to 1 January 2032
  • Possible extension to 1 January 2037
  • 10 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

Additional procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 48813200 - Real-time passenger information system

Contract locations

  • UKG - West Midlands (England)

Engagement

Engagement deadline

19 November 2025

Engagement process description

Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (WarwickshireCC) for the administration of this market engagement. Suppliers must register with the system to be able to download documents. The web address for the portal is:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/Home

Registration and use of our portal is free. When registering you will be re-directed to the In-Tend sell2midlands site. If you already registered and have issues logging in then you may need to re-set your password. You will need to select "Log in to portal" next to Warwickshire County Council.

All correspondence or clarifications relating to this market testing must be via the portals' correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with the portal please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk

The deadline for Market Testing Returns is 19th November 2025


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Contracting authority

Warwickshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDTN-5446-NMXW

Shire Hall

Warwick

CV34 4SA

United Kingdom

Region: UKG13 - Warwickshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government