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OpenStage · planning

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Control Centre IMS

IT ServicesCPV 72200000
Value£1,200,000
Deadline
Published5 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,200,000 — stated in the notice, including VAT

Who to contact
commercialteam@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
+44 01132517272

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.2mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

West Yorkshire Combined Authority would like to invite interested suppliers to take part in this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) activity to support development of the project described below.

The main aims of engagement include: gaining market insights, understanding best market practices and shaping the final statement of requirements.

The Incident Management System (IMS) will provide the Bus Control Centre (BCC) with a single, platform for recording, managing, monitoring, and analysing incidents that affect the franchised and (potentially) the commercial bus network.

Suppliers are invited to respond to this market engagement exercise to inform the Authority’s approach to procuring a technology solution that aligns to the outcomes and core deliverables outlined in this paper.

The Authority is particularly interested in: • Market capability across the functional areas described below • Typical delivery models and integration approaches • Innovation opportunities and best practice • Time to implement (complexity, sequencing, dependencies) • Costs e.g. commercial models and pricing structures This activity will consist of 2 Phases Phase 1 – Receiving written feedback from Suppliers Suppliers to review PME documents and respond to the shared questions (Appendix 2 – Contact Centre Questionnaire) by 12PM (Midday) on 17th August 2026 Phase 2 – On-Line sessions, presentations and Q&As Suppliers’ Individual sessions on-line through MS Teams available on 25th August 2026 To book a slot – please respond through YORtender messaging function by 1PM on 17th August 2026

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

West Yorkshire Combined Authority would like

West Yorkshire Combined Authority would like to invite interested suppliers to take part in this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) activity to support development of the project described below.

02

The Incident Management System (IMS) will provide

The Incident Management System (IMS) will provide the Bus Control Centre (BCC) with a single, platform for recording, managing, monitoring, and analysing incidents that affect the franchised and (potentially) the commercial bus network.

03

Typical delivery models and integration approaches

Typical delivery models and integration approaches.

04

Time to implement (complexity, sequencing, dependencies)

Time to implement (complexity, sequencing, dependencies).

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d3c0
Stage
planning · planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
074165-2026
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