Official UK procurement notice
TfGM Driver Welfare Facilities
Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFurther to the rollout of the Bus Franchising programme across Greater Manchester, TfGM are seeking to engage with potential Suppliers for the provision of Driver Welfare Facilities across the Bee Network for use by bus drivers and other frontline Bee Network staff.
TfGM are seeking facilities which will be situated at suitable locations across the bus network and will be open 15 minutes prior to the first service passing and close no earlier than 15 minutes after the final service is scheduled to pass.
It is envisaged that this requirement will cover the provision of between 15-20 facilities across Greater Manchester, though this is subject to change.
CPV: Bathrooms construction work · Support services for road transport
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 13 Aug 2025, 15:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 15:55 BST
- Authority reference
DN786809- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048502- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058748Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Aug 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published13 Aug 2025, 15:55 BST
- Market engagement29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Further to the rollout of the Bus Franchising programme across Greater Manchester, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) are seeking to engage with potential suppliers in relation to the provision of driver welfare facilities across the Bee Network, for use by bus drivers and other frontline Bee Network staff.
TfGM are seeking requests for information from potential suppliers to understand the current market landscape and potential supplier capabilities. This market engagement exercise will be conducted via the ProContract procurement portal.
Suppliers can register for free using the following link: procontract.due-north.com/Register ↗.
Upon registration, the market engagement information (including an RFI and details on how to submit responses) can be found using the following project reference: DN786809.
Market engagement responses are required by no later than 4pm on Friday 29th August 2025.
- Tender notice expected399 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts333 days ago28 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Aug 2025, 15:55 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender