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title: "Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06627d"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CORNWALL COUNCIL"
published: "2026-03-04"
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# Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey

Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06627d

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## Summary

Cornwall Council has concluded a procurement process for the "Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Survey," aimed at delivering a comprehensive passenger satisfaction survey from 2026 to 2029. Transport Focus has been awarded the contract, given their unique capability to access exclusive historical data required for national benchmarking. This procurement falls under the direct award category, justified by the singular ability of Transport Focus to fulfil the Department for Transport's requirements, ensuring compliance with funding conditions. The contract was signed on 4 March 2026, to commence on 6 March 2026, covering services across the United Kingdom, and is valued at £221,000. This follows the completion of a direct award process, citing intellectual property and exclusive rights as the procurement rationale.

Businesses within the research and development consultancy sector can gain insights into Cornwall Council's procurement approach, recognising opportunities for collaboration and data-oriented services that meet government benchmarks. While the contract is uniquely suited to Transport Focus due to exclusive rights, firms interested in similar opportunities can focus on developing proprietary datasets or methodologies that could be integral to government transactions. This contract underlines the importance of possessing exclusive intellectual property or unique capabilities as a potential route for securing public sector engagements in areas requiring specialised data handling and performance reporting.

## Notice

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

### Procurement Information

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019678-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 6 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £221,000 |
| Contracts value | £221,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TRANSPORT FOCUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 4 Mar 2026 at 16:52 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019678-2026
- 4 Mar 2026 at 16:38 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019669-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019678-2026
  4th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019669-2026
  4th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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