--- title: "Provision of Tendered Electric Bus services in Coventry (Early Market Engagement Event)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY" published: "2024-06-14" --- # Provision of Tendered Electric Bus services in Coventry (Early Market Engagement Event) Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee.json) ## Summary The West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking to establish a contract for Tendered Electric Bus Services in Coventry. This procurement exercise will cover cross-boundary tendered services in-line with the objectives of Coventry's Electric, aiming to deliver the UK's first all-electric bus town or city by the end of 2025. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, with an engagement end date set for 21st June 2024. This tender provides opportunities for businesses, especially those in the public road transport services industry. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. Interested companies should register on the West Midlands Combined Authority's e-tendering portal to express their interest and attend the Early Market Engagement event scheduled for 25th June 2024. ## Notice Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is seeking to establish a contract for Tendered Electric Bus Services in Coventry going forward. Coventry's Electric (Coventry Electric Bus City) will deliver the UK's first all-electric bus town or city by the end of 2025. In line with the commitments of TfWM's Enhanced Partnership (EP 002), all local bus services operating in the city, including cross boundary routes, will be required to operate with battery electric buses. With the electrification of the commercial fleet well underway, this procurement exercise will cover TfWM's and Warwickshire cross-boundary tendered services in-line with the objectives of Coventry's Electric. It is envisaged that the duration of the Contract will be 5 years. This is subject to change however and will be confirmed at the time of tender publication. To express an interest in this PIN and receive further information regarding our supplier engagement event, please see section VI.3 (additional Information) Additional information: To express an interest in this PIN: Please register your company on our e-tendering portal (Bravo Solution). Instructions on how to register are located at: https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1692/wmca_etendering_supplier_registration_guide_2016.pdf Further key detail around expressing an interest in this exercise are listed below: Portal Website: https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk PIN Title: Provision of Tendered Electric Bus services in Coventry (PIN) PIN Bravo Solution Project Reference: Project_876 Once registered, please access Project_876 on our e-tendering portal and respond to PQQ_222: Provision of Tendered Electric Bus services in Coventry- (Early Market Engagement), to submit company information and confirm your interest in attending the Early Market Engagement event on Tuesday 25th June 2024. This is not a formal PQQ or expression of interest in a tender exercise. It is to be used purely for suppliers to submit general information to WMCA and to express interest in taking part in the Early Market Engagement event. Following the Market Engagement exercise, feedback from the event will be considered and built into the wider tender opportunity, which is expected to be published in August 2024. Please note that the closing date for responses to the PQQ is 17:00 on Friday 21st June 2024. Invitations to attend the event will be circulated to all suppliers that have provided a PQQ response on Monday 24th June 2024. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9f566b61-0008-4d9c-87dd-c56207503e9d | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Jun 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B19 3SD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60112000 - Public road transport services ## Release History - 14 Jun 2024 at 12:08 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9f566b61-0008-4d9c-87dd-c56207503e9d ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9f566b61-0008-4d9c-87dd-c56207503e9d 14th June 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk - https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1692/wmca_etendering_supplier_registration_guide_2016.pdf ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5ded502-bf8f-48c9-87d4-1fb4d8f356ee.json.