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The Fares, Ticketing & Retail Subject Matter Expert
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
CPV: Transport systems consultancy services (71311200)
Published contract value£151,200Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to Waterman Aspen Ltd
Contract starts 1 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for West Midlands (TfWM) requires specialist consultancy support to provide strategic and technical expertise in relation to fares, ticketing and retail arrangements as part of the Bus Reform Programme and franchising readiness activities.
The services to be provided will include:
- Review and assessment of existing fares, ticketing and retail arrangements across TfWM and bus operators,
- Analysis of customer experience, accessibility, retail channels and customer journeys;
- Development of strategic options, recommendations and implementations considerations for a future franchised environment;
- Review of commercial, technical, operational and revenue management considerations associated with fares and ticketing arrangements;
- Benchmarking against industry best practise and emerging trends within the transport sector;
- Development of strategic roadmaps, programme planning inputs and risk and dependency considerations;
- Stakeholder engagement, workshop participation and presentation of findings and recommendation and
- Wider advisory support across relevant Bus Reform Programme workstreams where specialist fares, ticketing, retail or commercial expertise is required.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- PRT-SWIFT-SMG-2026-0008
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 79410000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Business and management consultancy services
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- West Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Contract starts1 Jun 2026
- Award decision13 Jul 2026
- Notice published28 Sept 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITYContracting authority
- Identifier
- supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ysmd84Me · GB-SRS
Suppliers named on the notice
- Waterman Aspen LtdSupplier
- Identifier
- 02203474 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-539b6e55-7604-46f3-b0b3-b310d06488a9-2026-09-28T16:36:31+01:00
- Published
- 28 Sept 2026
- Latest update
- 28 Sept 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-539b6e55-7604-46f3-b0b3-b310d06488a9
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-539b6e55-7604-46f3-b0b3-b310d06488a9-1