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Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey

Cornwall Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 03:17.

Opportunity overview

The Council has awarded a contract to Transport Focus for the delivery of the Your Bus Journey (YBJ) passenger satisfaction survey for the period 2026/27 to 2028/29. Participation in the YBJ survey is now mandated by the Department for Transport (DfT) as a condition of receiving the Local Authority Bus Grant within the Consolidated Transport Funding

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Transport Focus

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Contract value
£221k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£265k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PGBR-3271-MNXJ
Location
Stratford-Upon-Avon, UKG13, CV37 9BD, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN808590
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The requirements for a Direct Award under Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 are fully satisfied because: Only one supplier is objectively capable of delivering the requirement. Transport Focus is the sole organisation with lawful access to, and exclusive rights over, the historic Your Bus Journey dataset required for national benchmarking. This capability arises from legitimate exclusive control of essential data, methodology and intellectual property, all of which underpin DfT performance reporting No alternative supplier could replicate, recreate or access this dataset at proportionate cost or within a reasonable timeframe, resulting in a genuine absence of competition for technical and exclusive‑rights reasons. The authority is not artificially narrowing the requirement. The limitation arises from the market itself and from DfT funding conditions mandating participation in the Transport Focus survey. A competitive procurement would be ineffective, as any alternative supplier would be unable to submit a compliant bid capable of meeting national benchmarking and continuity requirements.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Cornwall Council
Id
GB-PPON-PYRH-9827-DWLP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYRH-9827-DWLP

Address

Street Address
County Hall
Locality
Truro
Postal Code
TR1 3AY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK30

Contact

Name
Ben Datson
Telephone
+44 1872322222

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Transport Focus
Id
GB-PPON-PGBR-3271-MNXJ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGBR-3271-MNXJ

Address

Street Address
77 Timothys Bridge Road
Locality
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Postal Code
CV37 9BD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG13

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73200000
Description
Research and development consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PGBR-3271-MNXJ
Name
Transport Focus

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
4 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Not required

Period

Starts
6 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
265,000
Amount
221,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
019678-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
4 Mar 2026, 16:52
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Truro · UKK30 · TR1 3AY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 019669-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 019678-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·