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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Bus Franchising in the Liverpool City Region - Procurement of second-hand diesel buses

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

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Deadline (UK time): No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published: 27 Mar 2025
Region: Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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LCRCA intends to begin introducing franchised bus services from 6 September 2026. LCRCA require at least 100 second-hand buses which must be available prior to the franchise services commencing. The required delivery date of vehicles to LCRCA would be the first half of and in any event, no later than June 2026, when following testing and acceptance of vehicles, ownership would be transferred to LCRCA.

These buses must meet the following criteria:

• Be diesel traction only.

• Preferably compliant with the Euro 6 emissions standard.

• Deemed roadworthiness from the most recent annual vehicle test (MOT) and compliant with all relevant UK regulations.

• Be no more than 8 years old as at 6 September 2026.

• Be double-decker, single-decker or midi sized.

• Be in right hand drive configuration.

• Have one passenger door.

The supplier must also be able to provide all relevant maintenance documents and accident records relevant to the vehicle.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

34000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

27 Mar 2025
Planning notice
Planning notice published 27 March 2025.
Release 011529-2025
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

The source does not state a usable value.
Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority published this notice.

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Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-04f972
Source: Find a Tender
Stage: planning · Planning
Last verified: Mon 6 Apr 2026, 17:41 BST
Read at: Fri 30 Oct 2026, 03:25 GMT

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