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Market Engagement - Bus Franchising Technology Ecosystem

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 21:01.

Opportunity overview

This soft market testing exercise is issued by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) to inform the development of a future procurement strategy for the digital, data and technology ecosystem required to support the delivery of bus franchising services. The Authority is seeking input from organisations with relevant experience in delivering integrated transport, operational, financial, customer and data platforms at scale. This exercise is not a call for competition or procurement.

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV71311200 — Transport systems consultancy services

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
DN816604
Main Procurement Category
services
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
1 Jan 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71311200
Description
Transport systems consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
A Soft Market Testing Questionnaire is to be completed and a response is required via https://procontract.due-north.com
Due
9 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
045826-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
19 May 2026, 15:20
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PDBT-6675-QXPN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDBT-6675-QXPN

Address

Street Address
11 Broad Street West
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S1 2BQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Sheffield · UKE32 · S1 2BQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE3 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 045826-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·