Contract award · 5 Nov 2025

Bus Franchising - Procurement & Commercial Services Support - Contract Award Notice

West Midlands Combined Authority awarded “Bus Franchising - Procurement & Commercial Services Support…” to Ernst & Young LLP for £1.13m on 5 Nov 2025.

Business servicesWest Midlands

Value £1.13m

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
West Midlands Combined Authority · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,125,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Business services · Procurement consultancy services (CPV 79418000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date5 Nov 2025
  2. Published7 Nov 2025Published 2 days after the contract date

Description

Contract Award Notice to publish the award of a contract for the provision of Procurement and Commercial support services in relation to the West Midlands Bus Franchising Programme. The contract is a call-off contract from the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Management Consultancy Framework 4 (MCF4). The contract duration is for a period of 17 months, with an expiry date of 31/03/2027, and 2 x 12-month options to extend to a final, potential expiry of 31/03/2029.

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