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Published 18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Public Transport Stop Research

Official notice

Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Published estimate£50,000£60,000 inc. VAT40.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 30 Jul 2025awarded 8 Aug 2025
Awarded to QA Research Ltd
Contract term 2 moends 30 Sept 2025 · starts 11 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Public Transport Stop Research - contract award

CPV: Market research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 moSMEVCSEPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 11 Aug 2025 – 30 Sept 2025 (2 mo)Value: £50,000 exc. VAT · £60,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
79310000 Market research services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality and Price Evaluation: 60%
  • Quality and Price Evaluation: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality and Price Evaluation
  • Quality and Price Evaluation
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
Authority reference
DN783205
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041253
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Market research services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056207 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

18 Jul 2025 → 9 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    11 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    9 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    9 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £29,9401 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1414 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QA Research Ltd9 Sept 2025 – 31 Oct 2025£29,9408 Aug 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
14final-stage tenders · 15 at stage one1414—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDBT-6675-QXPN 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2BQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • QA RESEARCH LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03186539GB-PPON: PJPW-4771-WLTZ 5 Merus Court, Leicester, East Midlands, LE19 1RJContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender