UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

This soft market testing exercise is issued by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) to inform the development of a future procurement strategy for the digital, data and technology ecosystem required to support the delivery of bus franchising services. The Authority is seeking input from organisations with relevant experience in delivering integrated transport, operational, financial, customer and data platforms at scale. This exercise is not a call for competition or procurement.

SYMCA require an organisation to undertake a targeted Life Extension Programme across a fleet of 25 Siemens Trams. This life extension is required to ensure performance, reliability, structural strength and crashworthiness are maintained at an acceptable level throughout the remaining service life of the fleet to 2035.

Network Services, Equipment and Software Framework Agreement. Provision of a Cisco based solution for network services, LAN, internal network hardware, structured cabling, vendor support contracts, software subscriptions, and Cisco-certified professional services.

Provision and Operation of Local Bus Services across South Yorkshire

1South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) are currently seeking tenders from companies who are interested in operating local bus including services in South Yorkshire. The Authority anticipates that the contract will start as follows: Batch 26006 (Barnsley schools): 1 September 2026 - 31 July 2027 (190 schooldays) Batch 26008 (Service 51 - Doncaster): 30 August 2026 - 4 September 2027 (53 weeks) The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance.

We would like to invite bus operators to attend a 1-to-1 meeting with members of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority's (SYMCA) Bus Franchising Team, either in-person or online, as part of our next round of Bus Franchising operator market engagement. These individual sessions will focus on providing updates and discussing any questions you may have regarding the non-anchor depot contracts for Phase 2 (2028) and Phase 3 (2029).