Quick answer — Passenger Transport UnitLast refreshed 01 Jan 2025

At a glance

Passenger Transport Unit has awarded £658.3m across 36 suppliers, with 22 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 19% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 32% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration19%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share32%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Passenger Transport Unit is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 69 published notices and 69 awards on PublicSupply.

69
Notices published
69
Awards
36
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£2.0m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£514k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Passenger Transport Unit — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified69 · £658.9m

Instrument type

contract68 · £658.9m
call off1 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 69

Awarded contracts · 22 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Passenger Transport Unit is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Passenger Transport Non-DPS Contract Awards over £25000 for quarter 1 202560100000£386k01 Jan 2025active
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Call for Competition results quarter 1 202560100000£27.3m31 Jan 2018active
Passenger Transport Non-DPS Contract Awards over £25000 for quarter 4 202460100000£416k01 Oct 2024active
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Call for Competition results quarter 4 202460100000£15.2m31 Jan 2018active
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Call for Competition results quarter 3 202460100000£49.4m31 Jan 2018active
Passenger Transport Non-DPS Contract Awards over £25000 for quarter 3 202460100000£1.2m01 Jul 2024active
Passenger Transport Non-DPS Contract Awards over £25000 for quarter 2 202460100000£4.2m01 Apr 2024active
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Call for Competition results quarter 2 202460100000£39.9m31 Jan 2018active
Passenger Transport Non-DPS Contract Awards over £25000 for quarter 1 202460100000£250k01 Jan 2024active
Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Call for Competition results quarter 1 202460100000£39.8m31 Jan 2018active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SA
20 contracts · SME · 31 Jan01 Apr
£125.7m
19% of total
2
HL
2 contracts · 07 Dec13 Jan
£250k
0% of total
3
ST
2 contracts · 07 Dec13 Jan
£250k
0% of total
4
GB
2 contracts · 07 Dec
£245k
0% of total
5
BT
2 contracts · 28 Nov07 Dec
£199k
0% of total
6
1C
2 contracts · 29 Nov13 Jan
£162k
0% of total
7
BC
1 contract · 07 Dec
£123k
0% of total
8
HL
1 contract · 07 Dec
£123k
0% of total
936
···
28 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£1.2m
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport services
104 contracts
£658.3m
100%

Activity heatmap

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

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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 · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Passenger Transport Unit has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

32%
SME supplier share
target 33%
20
SME award rows
20
VCSE award rows
36
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 32% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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