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Published 13 Mar 2026, 11:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey

Official notice

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)

Direct award

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£217,800published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Mar 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Transport Focus

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council has awarded a contract to Transport Focus for the delivery of the Your Bus Journey (YBJ) passenger satisfaction survey for the period 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29.

Participation in the YBJ survey is now mandated by the Department for Transport (DfT) as a condition of receiving the Local Authority Bus Grant within the Consolidated Transport Funding

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

73210000 Research consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 Mar 2026, 11:36 GMT
Last source update: 27 Oct 2026, 13:25 GMT
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-101553
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06698f Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Participation in Transport Focus's Your Bus Journey (YBJ) is a policy requirement and DfT itself isn't paying Transport Focus directly, DfT characterises LTA participation as data sharing rather than procurement, implying standard procurement rules needn't apply.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

25 Mar 2026 → 27 Oct 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends216 days ago
25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice published22h ago
27 Oct 2026, 13:25 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026

Transparency notice published
13 Mar 2026, 11:36 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
13 Mar 2026, 12:08 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
26 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
27 Oct 2026, 13:25 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £217,8001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Transport Focus26 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2029	£217,800	13 Mar 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Transport Focus
Signed
26 Mar 2026
Value
£217,800
Period
26 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2029
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: A direct award to specific government supplier

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDTN-5446-NMXW Shire Hall, Warwick, West Midlands, CV34 4SAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Transport FocusAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGBR-3271-MNXJ 10th floor, 25 Cabot Square, London, London, E14 4QZContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender27 Oct 2026, 13:25 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender13 Mar 2026, 12:08 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender13 Mar 2026, 11:36 GMT