01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department for Transport
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 5 March 2026
Description
The Department for Transport is seeking to appoint (“Suppliers”) to establish a group of experts with significant bus franchising expertise in specific areas of the field. The Expert Group members will be responsible for providing technical bus franchising expertise to support Local Authorities throughout the different stages of their bus franchising process. Advisory Group members will also support the DfT to develop and provide best practice through tools and templates and, increase capability and capacity of local transport authorities.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
TLOT10204 - Bus Franchising Advisory Group
- Awarded
- 7 April 2026
- Award value
- £1,200,000
- Suppliers
- 8
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department for Transport
Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DR, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PLTC-5358-LTWZGRANT THORNTON UK LLP
8 Finsbury Circus, London, UKI31, EC2M 7EA, United Kingdom
Companies House OC307742 →JACOBS U.K. LIMITED,
1180 Eskdale Road, Wokingham, UKI44, SE1 2QG, United Kingdom
Companies House 02594504 →NORTHSTAR CONSULTANCY LIMITED
78 York Street, London, UKI32, W1H 1DP, United Kingdom
Companies House 06172311 →OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
8 Fitzroy Street, London, UKI31, W1T 4BJ, United Kingdom
Companies House 01312453 →REBEL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS & OPERATIONS UK LTD
6-7 Cross Street, London, UKI31, EC1N 8UB, United Kingdom
Companies House 13096028 →STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED
14-21 Rushworth Street, London, UKI44, SE1 0RB, United Kingdom
Companies House 01883830 →SYSTRA LIMITED
3rd Floor, London, UKI31, EC2V 8AE, United Kingdom
Companies House 03383212 →WALNUTWORKS LTD
582-586 Kingsbury Road, BIRMINGHAM, UKG31, B24 9ND, United Kingdom
Companies House 16752840 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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