Official UK procurement notice
Bus Franchising Procurement Delivery Partner
Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Published estimate£900,000≈ £415k / year · £1,080,000 inc. VAT17% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Aug 2025awarded 8 Sept 2025
Award (standstill) to GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP
Contract term 2 yrs 2 moends 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 8 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe opportunity is for an organisation to provide services to support South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority via a Bus Franchising Procurement Delivery Partner.
CPV: Procurement consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation
- Technical & professional ability
None required
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- 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%
- Price
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation
- Technical & professional ability
None required
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jul 2025, 15:47 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2025, 17:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
Reference: DN783038- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041043- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05617eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
17 Jul 2025 → 17 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published17 Jul 2025, 15:47 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent8 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts8 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published8 Sept 2025, 17:13 BST
- Standstill ends17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2025- Tender notice published17 Jul 2025, 15:47 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Sept 2025, 17:13 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Sept 2025, 17:13 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £746,8371 award exc. VAT
Bids received 93 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP22 Sept 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2029Extensions: Additional support beyond additional term identified. | £746,837 | 8 Sept 2025standstill to 17 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available via ProContract.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender