PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

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West Midlands Combined Authority · published 23 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID02f0ef87-a4a3-41e6-951d-9dd8830e81ac-880519
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-926b9c1c-0e9e-4441-97a3-3a663af7a901
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-324572
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£81,005
award field
Tender value
£81,005
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
71311200
Transport systems consultancy services
Delivery
Not stated
B19 3SD
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The organisation seeks a consultant to act as a senior technical and programme lead, responsible for both technical assurance and programme management across all initiatives. This includes managing suppliers, tracking delivery progress, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring effective stakeholder communication. The WMCA is delivering a range of interrelated technical initiatives to modernise its fares and ticketing systems. These include phased system refreshes, the re-procurement of core back-office systems, and upgrades to critical interfaces and APIs. This is phase 3 of this project.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release23 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published19 Sept 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 23 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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