{"id":881459,"date":"2025-12-29T01:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/contractor-sought-for-72m-manchester-bus-depot-electrification-job\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:24:02","slug":"contractor-sought-for-72m-manchester-bus-depot-electrification-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/contractor-sought-for-72m-manchester-bus-depot-electrification-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractor sought for \u00a372m Manchester bus depot electrification job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched procurement for the next phase of its \u00a372m bus depot electrification programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d810a6a2-c814-4943-a8d3-a320dcd7a853\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<p data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"481\">The notice, published on 1 December, covers Tranche 5 of the scheme, which includes upgrades to depots in Wigan and Wythenshawe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"481\">TfGM also indicated that the appointed contractor may be retained for Tranche 6, although the locations for this phase have not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"481\">Works will includes high-voltage installation and bus station construction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"666\">The contract will include progressing the current RIBA Stage 2 design through to detailed design and full construction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"666\">The total value of the deal is estimated at \u00a360m excluding VAT.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"919\">TfGM expects to issue a market engagement notice in December, ahead of the formal invitation to tender in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"919\">The contract is due to run from 31 July 2026 to 14 December 2029, with a possible one-year extension to account for any programme delays.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1085\">A contractor will be procured via a competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1085\">TfGM is encouraging bids from SMEs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1481\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Tender submissions will be accepted through the ProContract e-portal, with a deadline of 30 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1481\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>The estimated award date is 17 July 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/contractor-sought-for-72m-manchester-bus-depot-electrification-job-02-12-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched procurement for the next phase of its \u00a372m bus depot electrification programme. The notice, published on 1 December, covers Tranche 5 of the scheme, which includes upgrades to depots in Wigan and Wythenshawe. TfGM also indicated that the appointed contractor may be retained for Tranche 6, although the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":881460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26535,36645],"tags":[17637,96632],"class_list":{"0":"post-881459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-contractor","8":"category-sought","9":"tag-contractor","10":"tag-sought"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}