Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric Vehicles (GBP 41,446,807)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 1st October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Procurement: Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric Vehicles. Description: In April 2023, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) published an Assessment on Bus Franchising in the Liverpool City Region, which set out a proposed bus Franchising Scheme in accordance with the Transport Act 2000. In October 2023, the Liverpool City Region Mayor made the decision to introduce a Franchising Scheme covering the Liverpool City Region. Franchising is a legal model where Category: goods. Value: GBP 41,446,807 (largest of 6 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): Bamford Bus Company Ltd, ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 1st October 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived

Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 1st October 2026 · 15:47

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity

What the source reported

What ProcIntel recorded

Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.