Transport for the North: NorTMS External Audit

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Notice Summary

Title:	NorTMS External Audit
Notice type:	UK4: Tender notice
Authority:	Transport for the North
Nature of contract:	Services
Procedure:	Below threshold - Open competition
Short Description:	Transport for the North (TfN) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake a full audit of all the model inputs and outputs in the Northern Transport Modelling System (NorTMS) and to provide an audit report with recommendations for areas requiring improvement. The supplier must be an expert CUBE model reviewer with competent Python skills as some elements of NorTMS are coded in Python, and who has not worked with NorTMS or related to any TfN framework directly involved in NorTMS.
Published:	22/05/2025 12:50

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UK-Manchester: Technical analysis or consultancy services.

Scope

Description: Transport for the North (TfN) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake a full audit of all the model inputs and outputs in the Northern Transport Modelling System (NorTMS) and to provide an audit report with recommendations for areas requiring improvement. The supplier must be an expert CUBE model reviewer with competent Python skills as some elements of NorTMS are coded in Python, and who has not worked with NorTMS or related to any TfN framework directly involved in NorTMS.
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Total value (estimated):

GBP 50,000 excluding VAT GBP 60,000 including VAT

Description

Contract dates (estimated)
13/07/2025 to 07/11/2025
CPV Classifications:
71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services.

Contract can be extended:
Yes

Extension Date:
03/02/2026

Delivery regions:
UKD3 Greater Manchester

Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Expertise and experience / Weighting: 35
Quality criterion - Name: Approach to auditing / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Deliverables / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Decarbonisation / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 20

Submission

Enquiry deadline: 06/06/2025 Time: 12:00Tender submission deadline: 16/06/2025 Time: 12:00
Submission address and any special instructions: Submissions are to be uploaded on the Delta e-sourcing portal as described in the tender documents https://www.delta-esourcing.com
An electronic auction will be used: No

Procedure

Procedure type: Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority

       Transport for the North, PQPZ-2866-ZTCV
       Level 6, Town Hall Extension, Lloyd Street, Manchester, M2 5DB, United Kingdom
       Email: emily.molden@transportforthenorth.com
       Contact: Emily Molden
       Address of the buyer profile: https://www.transportforthenorth.com/

Organisation type: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Devolved regulations that apply: None