November 25 & January 2026 Subsidised Tender Bus Services
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Suppliers
14
Lots
1
Published
08 Sept 2025
Description
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) supports the provision of an extensive passenger transport network across the West Midlands, both in fulfilment of statutory duties and to enable access to facilities and services. Current Subsidised Bus Contracts expiring on 1st November 2025 and 3rd January 2026 need to be re-procured in order to ensure the routes contained within each contract remain operational. There are fourteen (14) contracts in total that are being tendered. Please note the value of the procurement published is the total aggregrated value of all fourteen (14) contracts. Please also note there are two (2) contract commencement dates within this round of bus tenders. The soonest contract start date of 2nd November 2025 has been entered into this notice, however, there are contracts that will commence 4th January 2026. Full details of contract terms can be found within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Scope
- Reference
- 06979-2025
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 02 Nov 2025 to 30 Oct 2027Possible extension to 29 Oct 2029
Based on performance and available funding.
- CPV classifications
- 6000000034121100
- Contract locations
- West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
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| Commercial/Price | — | price | 100.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
A Financial viability self assessment will be carried out by the supplier, which they will be required to submit as part of their Tender Submisson. This will be assessed in Two (2) stages, it will be ratified by the Authority prior to the evaluation of tenders. It will then be assessed again prior to award, once the total aggregated annual contract value is known for each bidder. Full documentation and guidance is included within the 'Invitation to Tender' pack.
Please see Part 3 of the 'Qualification' envelope for a full list of our 'Conditions of Participation' for this opportunity. Please note all 'Conditions of Participation' must be passed in order for suppliers tenders to be considered further/evaluated.
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details· 14 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
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