Published date: 16 May 2025

Last edited date: 16 May 2025

Open early engagement - This means that a procurement idea is currently active, it is in the early stage of development and judging interest from potential suppliers.


Closing date: 30 May 2025

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Information systems and servers - 48800000

  • Information systems - 48810000

    • Passenger information system - 48813000

    • Real-time passenger information system - 48813200

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

CPCA001-DN775021-95295301

Published date

16 May 2025

Closing date

30 May 2025

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Cambridgeshire's Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) current consortium members consist of, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council, Luton Borough Council, West Northamptonshire Council, North Northamptonshire Council and Milton Keynes Council.

The RTPI consortium members are seeking input from the market for the provision, installation and ongoing support for a bus real time passenger information system. This will include migrating existing RTPI display assets from multiple providers into one system and exploring the provision of solutions other than displays to disseminate bus RTPI to bus users.

At present, it is undecided if the local authorities will procure a new RTPI contract on their own or as a consortium. This may be a simple contract for the services required or the setting up of a new framework, similar to that procured before. Each local authority is currently assessing the pros and cons for the two procurement options and will confirm their preference in the next few months.

This market assessment is not part of the procurement process, but is purely investigative in nature, to potentially assist the RTPI consortium members in defining a specification, tender document and contract for the project.

Each of the local authorities wishes to understand the current market position better via the questions supplied below.

The same information will be gathered from all providers who have been invited to participate in the soft market testing exercise.

Please note, this advert relates to a soft market testing exercise only and is NOT a call for competition.

Any contracts for services or supplies relating to this exercise will be subject to a separate procurement process in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (published 24th February 2025) and involvement in the soft market testing does not give the consultant / contractor any advantage in the separate procurement process.

All participants in this soft market testing exercise shall be responsible for their own costs in relation to it (including third party costs) and the RTPI consortium members shall have no liability to any participant.

Register for opportunity here:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Login?ReturnUrl=/Advert?advertId=968d72fe-5432-f011-8136-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=94abd7af-5532-f011-8136-005056b64545

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Bus RTPI Soft Market Testing Exercise - RFI

  • Early engagement
  • Published 16 May 2025, last edited 16 May 2025

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

CPCA Procurement

Address

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
2nd floor, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street
Huntingdon
PE29 3TN
England

Telephone

+44 1480277180

Email

Procurement@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

Website

https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk