Official UK procurement notice
TfGM Single View of the Network
Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking a cloud-hosted, AI-assisted Intelligent Transport Systems decision-support platform. The platform is intended to bring together and analyse real-time multimodal transport data, provide a unified operational view and support the development of a Single View of the Network. It will support 24/7 operational use by TfGM's Operational Control Centre and use by its Highways ITS and Urban Traffic Control teams.
- Improve incident detection, verification and prioritisation.
- Reduce manual data correlation and data hunting.
- Support coordinated operational responses and organisational learning.
- Provide a mature, configurable platform capable of integrating multiple operational data feeds and systems.
This will be a 3+1+1 term mid tier contract.
- Two-stage procedure: up to 4 candidates will be invited to tender.
- How the procedure runs: This a multiple stage competitive flexible procedure. All interested suppliers are invited to complete a submission to both the PSQ stage and the Main stage. As part of the PSQ stage, all suppliers will be evaluated but only the top 4 scoring suppliers will progress to the main stage, where they will have their Main stage submission evaluated. Following a review of the PSQ stage suppliers will be informed as to whether or not they have progressed to having their Main stage response evaluated. Additional steps at the main tender stage include the requirement for a system demonstration plus negotiation and further tender submission stages - some of these are optional and are outlined further in the tender documentation.
- No preliminary market engagement: A number of known and unknown suppliers of this service were contacted and asked to help with the procurement strategy for this project - this was done via an RFI document. It was done this way and not via the publishing of a preliminary market engagement notice in order to save time by only focusing on suppliers that could provide this type of service.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Criteria detailed in PSQ stage document but is based on economical and technical elements and will include x3 scored questions.
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Main Tender Stage - Technical: 45%
- Main Tender Stage - Demonstration: 5%
- Main Tender Stage - Commercial: 40%
- Main Tender Stage - Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Main Tender Stage - Technical
- Main Tender Stage - Demonstration
- Main Tender Stage - Social Value: The social value element on this tender is submitted via the Social Value Portal - details on how to do this are included in the tender pack of documents.
- Main Tender Stage - Commercial
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Criteria detailed in PSQ stage document but is based on economical and technical elements and will include x3 scored questions.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £666,058 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Transport for Greater Manchester buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up
Transport for Greater Manchester’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 62 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 9%
2–330% / 31%
4–660% / 21%
7+10% / 39%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate53% / 32%
Within ±2%20% / 51%
Above estimate27% / 17%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 72Published estimate£1.0m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–333%
4–646%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 63 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£956k–£1.0m
Estimate£1.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass IoT LimitedWorked for this buyer | TfGM Connected Vehicle Dataruns to Oct 2027 | — | £590k | Similar wording and category |
| British Telecommunications PlcWorked for this buyer | Mobile Network Data - Eventsnotice published Mar 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| FUZZY LABS LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | TXC AI Automationnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Softwire Technology LimitedWorked for this buyer | Mobile Application Shell Delivery Requirementsnotice published Jun 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| MANUKA AI LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Enterprise Data Warehouse Service (EDWS)notice published Dec 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £2.4bn112 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 46 live · £4.6bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £3.4m15 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 5 live · £2.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=1 | |
| £6.0m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £4.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £743k5 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £54k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £32m2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £31m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- 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
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:39 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
2026 / 236- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095644- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0784baFind a Tender
- How it runs
This a multiple stage competitive flexible procedure.
All interested suppliers are invited to complete a submission to both the PSQ stage and the Main stage.
As part of the PSQ stage, all suppliers will be evaluated but only the top 4 scoring suppliers will progress to the main stage, where they will have their Main stage submission evaluated.
Following a review of the PSQ stage suppliers will be informed as to whether or not they have progressed to having their Main stage response evaluated.
Additional steps at the main tender stage include the requirement for a system demonstration plus negotiation and further tender submission stages - some of these are optional and are outlined further in the tender documentation.
- Risks
Change in existing platform or key components of that platform that this service will work with.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 20 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Shortlist
- up to 4 candidates invited to tender
TfGM are using Pro-Contract / The Chest for the management of this procurement. This is where the tender documents will be held and where Tenderers must submit their bids.
The Pro-Contract ref number is DN831950 and this will open at 2pm on 09/10/2026.
Tenderers that express an interest will get access to the tender documents automatically.
If interested Tenderers are not registered already on this e-sourcing portal, we recommend that they do so as soon as possible. Here is the link to register -
procontract.due-north.com/Register ↗
Tenderers are also asked to open the 'Supplier Guide to the Procurement - READ FIRST' document after accessing the tender and the documents.
Tenderers must also be registered on the CDP for this contract.
Timeline
9 Oct 2026 → 29 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:39 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 25 days20 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 84 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 94 days29 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 12:39 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender