--- title: "North York Moors Active Travel - Esk Valley Feasibility Study" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "North York Moors National Park Authority" published: "2026-11-02" --- # North York Moors Active Travel - Esk Valley Feasibility Study Buyer: North York Moors National Park Authority Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0794ea.json) ## Summary North York Moors National Park Authority is seeking consultancy services for an active travel feasibility study in the Esk Valley. The work combines an accessibility and active travel audit of railway stations and schools with stakeholder and community engagement. The study is intended to identify barriers and opportunities and develop evidence-led recommendations, with outputs including a feasibility study and delivery roadmap to support future funding and business case development. The work covers specified locations in North Yorkshire, including in-person site visits and school engagement. The procurement includes transport systems consultancy, feasibility analysis and planning services (CPV 71241000). The Authority invited offers through an open competition below the UK procurement threshold. The process reached tender stage; the deadline for questions was 20 November 2026 at 17:00, and the tender submission deadline was 29 November 2026 at 23:59. The contract period is scheduled from 4 January to 2 July 2027, with a possible extension to 6 August 2027. The estimated value is £50,000 excluding VAT (£60,000 including VAT). There is one lot. Evaluation considers methodology, experience and capacity (25%), stakeholder and community engagement (25%), outputs and deliverables (25%), cost (20%) and sustainability (5%). The lowest-priced compliant tender is used as the cost benchmark. A renewal or extension may be agreed in specified circumstances, including where additional time is needed to meet the required standard. This opportunity suits consultancies with active travel feasibility, accessibility audit, options development and appraisal experience, particularly those able to combine these disciplines into a clear, locally informed study. The team must demonstrate relevant skills, availability and capacity to deliver the two workstreams, integrate and quality-assure outputs, and produce prioritised recommendations that can progress into funding applications and business cases. Strong stakeholder engagement capability is important: the approach must include schools, communities and other stakeholders, capture consultation findings and use them to shape recommendations. A mandatory participation condition requires the successful supplier to have the operational resources and proximity to make frequent in-person site visits and run stakeholder workshops across the North Yorkshire locations, with a practical and sustainable travel plan. SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable to bid. ## Notice Accessibility and active travel audit of railway stations and schools - including engagement. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: If the quality of the work is not to the agreed standard or requires more time to achieve the agreed standard whilst not requiring extra financial resource. Other reasons upon agreement with the Authority ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103567-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Nov 2026 | | Submission deadline | 29 Nov 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 4 Jan 2027 - 2 Jul 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £50,000 | | Lots value | £50,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | North York Moors National Park Authority | | Locality | HELMSLEY | | Postcode area | York | | Postcode | YO62 5BP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE2 North Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE22 North Yorkshire | | Local authority | North Yorkshire | | Electoral ward | Helmsley & Sinnington | | Westminster constituency | Thirsk and Malton | | Delivery location | TLE2 North Yorkshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services - 71410000 - Urban planning services ## Release History - 2 Nov 2026 at 09:59 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103567-2026 - 30 Oct 2026 at 16:33 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103422-2026 - 30 Oct 2026 at 15:28 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103361-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103567-2026 2nd November 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103422-2026 30th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103361-2026 30th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=656488 Tender Brief containing scope and outputs of the work. - https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=656489 Services contract ## Notice URLs - http://https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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