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Bus Franchise Pilot EY

Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council · published 4 Dec 2025. 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.

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Contracts Finder release ID3455109a-9439-4ab6-8938-ce576f2a8d4c-874647
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-21354c47-6099-4415-b319-6b7aa7ce1325
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-233134
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
£200,000
award field
Tender value
£200,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
71000000
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Department for Transport (DfT) has made funding available for Local Transport Authorities looking to understand the options for potential bus franchising or reform available to them.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release4 Dec 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 Nov 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published8 Dec 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Ernst & Young LLP

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Dec 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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