PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

January 2025 Subsidised Bus Tenders

West Midlands Combined Authority · published 17 Feb 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.

Contracts Finder release ID9510956f-ad2e-49c0-bb2b-663fd05595cf-827175
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-fe072ef9-a319-43da-85ce-31ffe0de3d2b
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-68457
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
£35,430,890
award field
Tender value
£35,430,890
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
60112000
Public road transport services
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), supports the provision of an extensive passenger transport network across the West Midlands. This Notice is in relation to the Award of tenders for the provision of services that are due to commence on 5th January 2025. The value confirmed within this notice is the aggregated value of all contracts that were advertised and subsequently awarded, following evaluation of all bids that were submitted through the Authorities electronic tendering portal. A total of 32 separate/distinct contracts have been awarded to seven (7) suppliers.

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 release17 Feb 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published27 Sept 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Jan 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published5 Jan 2030
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

Banga Buses

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

Published company IDCharity-linked register record

Walsall Community Transport

The published identifier resolves to WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED (Active).

02794243Charity Commission context: WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED
SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 17 Feb 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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