Quick answer — MerseytravelLast refreshed 04 May 2026

At a glance

Merseytravel has awarded £2.2bn across 211 suppliers, with 155 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 61 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£6.8m) · SME share 54% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share54%
Pipeline · open now61
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Merseytravel is a contracting authority, based in UKD72. Tracks 578 published notices and 500 awards on PublicSupply.

578
Notices published
500
Awards
211
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£9.2m
12 m spend
£16.4m
Prior 12 m
-44%
YoY change
£105k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Merseytravel — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

61

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£6.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services89 · £627.5m
Unspecified459 · £108.9m
works23 · £89.4m
goods7 · £4.6m

Instrument type

contract488 · £788.6m
call off90 · £41.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 421Find a Tender: 157

Awarded contracts · 155 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Merseytravel is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Cronton Bus Accessibility WorksGEORGE COX & SONS LIMITEDactive
Metro Transport Network Customer Facing Uniform, Workwear and PPE Requirements.WORKWEAR UNIFORM GROUP LIMITED£2.8m04 May 2026pending
Metro Transport Network Customer Facing Uniform, Workwear and PPE Requirements.Tower Supplies£50k04 May 2026active
Printing and Despatch of Customer Account LiteratureMBA GROUP LIMITEDactive
Oakdale Road and Chisenhale Street Solar Farm's45000000£4.4mest.planned
KINGSWAY TUNNEL REFURBISHMENT (DADO PANELS)45262660£3.8mest.planned
KW Toll plaza Feasibility Study / Scope45233120£1.6mest.planned
Central Automatic Vehicle Location processing and reporting systemCORVIA LIMITED TRADING AS TICKETER£1.1m24 Apr 2026active
Franchising Central Automatic Vehicle Location processing and reporting systemCORVIA LIMITED TRADING AS TICKETER£1.1mpending
The Appointment of a Specialist Engineering Contractor to develop under an ECI period the detailed remedial works to 8 Ventilation Stations across the Mersey Tunnels Estate and carry out those remedial works45000000£8.8mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
HT
4 contracts · SME · 20 Feb
£525.9mest.
23% of total
2
HT
2 contracts · SME
£520.0mest.
23% of total
3
HT
2 contracts · SME · 12 Dec
£500.3mest.
22% of total
▼ 100%
4
PB
1 contract · SME
£500.0mest.
22% of total
5
MB
1 contract · SME
£20.0mest.
1% of total
6
DO
1 contract · SME
£20.0mest.
1% of total
7
CL
1 contract · SME
£20.0mest.
1% of total
8
AD
2 contracts · 13 Aug13 Jul
£19.2m
1% of total
9211
···
203 other suppliers
long tail · 119 SMEs
£104.7m
5% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport services
70 contracts
£1.6bn
69%
Other
81 contracts
£571.3m
24%
Construction works
71 contracts
£60.1m
3%
Architecture, engineering
76 contracts
£46.2m
2%
Transport equipment, vehicles
34 contracts
£24.4m
1%
Electrical machinery
12 contracts
£11.2m
0%
IT services, software
19 contracts
£10.9m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
48 contracts
£9.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Transport services
Other
2
1
3
1
3
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Transport equipment, vehicles
Electrical machinery
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

54%
SME supplier share
target 33%
179
SME award rows
7
VCSE award rows
211
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD72
Contact
Ms Samantha Lee
Email
Procurement@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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