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Bus Service Area Map and Guide Production

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

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01 Oct 2026 at 17:20

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

West Yorkshire Combined Authority commissioned recurring updates to bus service maps and guides: artwork and maps for seven West Yorkshire area guides, updated six times a year, plus A4 tear-off maps for Leeds and Bradford city centres. Updates use bus service registration information supplied by email. This is a mapping, graphic design and print-production service supporting passenger information about local bus services. Delivery is in West Yorkshire, including Leeds and Bradford. The Combined Authority is the buyer. The requirement covers repeated revisions of existing map and guide materials rather than a one-off map, so relevant suppliers need to handle both artwork updates and production of clear area and city-centre bus information.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Pindar Travel Information Systems Ltd, trading as Pindar Creative. The Combined Authority used a below-threshold limited competition. The award is active, and the contract is also active. It was signed on 1 September 2026, with a contract period from 2 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. The contract value is £28,422 excluding VAT (£34,106.40 including VAT). The requirement was treated as a single lot, covering the map and guide production service. The published procurement data does not set out an evaluation formula or detailed award criteria, so the basis on which competing offers were assessed cannot be described further.

This award demonstrates recurring demand from West Yorkshire Combined Authority for a supplier able to maintain bus service area maps and passenger guides over a multi-year service period. A credible competitor when the requirement next returns would need to combine accurate map and artwork revision with dependable, repeated production of printed materials. The work involves updating seven area map and guide sets six times annually, as well as Leeds and Bradford city-centre A4 tear-off maps, using service-registration updates supplied by email. Suppliers with established workflows for handling frequent source-data changes, maintaining consistency across a suite of maps, and delivering readable passenger information would be well placed. The award went to an SME, showing that a specialist small supplier was able to deliver this defined service requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Bus Service Area Map and Guide Production

Notice Description

Update the artwork and maps for West Yorkshire's seven area map and guide bus service maps 6 times a year and the Leeds and Bradford City Centre A4 tear off maps using bus service registrations supplied via email for three years.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f19
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093048-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£28,422 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 2DE
Postcode Area
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Pindar Creative

Further Information

Notice Documents

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