Official UK procurement notice
Bus Spending and Cross Sector Savings
Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Awarded value£40,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Oct 2025
Awarded to Steer Group Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA comprehensive review of the cross-sector benefits of bus services and those related savings so that a major part of the argument for continued spending on bus services is not overlooked
And recommendations for changes in future Green Book and TAG updates to remedy the risk to bus spending if these savings continue to be less commonly encountered in appraisal too.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Oct 2025, 12:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 12:04 GMT
- Authority reference
PRT-TFWM-SMG-2025-0004- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068912- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d51eFind a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2025- Contract award notice published28 Oct 2025, 12:04 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £40,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steer Group LtdSME28 Oct 2025 – 31 Jan 2026 | £40,000 | 6 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Steer Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender