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Tender detail
Awarded on 23 January 2026 to Bamford Bus Company Limited, trading as Wrightbus.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has published 5 EV-related tenders. Watch them to hear when they’re next in market.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has published 5 EV-related tenders. Watch them to hear when they’re next in market.
Fleet purchase for West Yorkshire Bus Reform Round 1, mixed electric & diesel buses
Opportunity snapshot
Awarded value
£142.8m
Evidence
West Yorkshire's combined authority has bought its first round of buses for bus reform, a mix of electric and diesel deckers, jointly from Wrightbus and Alexander Dennis for about £143m. The full analysis is straight about the partial electric content, and what the brief notice does and does not say about the split.
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Oldest first: procurement milestones and pipeline-detected changes combined.
Submission Closed
ProcurementSubmission period ended
Awarded
ProcurementAwarded to Bamford Bus Company Limited, trading as Wrightbus; Alexander Dennis Limited (£142.8m)
Contract Start
ProcurementExpected contract commencement
First Tracked
ProcurementFirst detected by the EVTenders pipeline
Pipeline detection
Notice Published
ProcurementLate notice uploaded to Contracts Finder — does not reflect original procurement start
Late Contracts Finder notice
Procurement events come from OCDS release data. Pipeline events are detected by the EVTenders pipeline and reflect when changes were recorded, not original OCDS dates.
Value: £142.8m
Contract: 29 Mar 2026 to 30 Sept 2027
We don't have a direct link to the original notice on Contracts Finder.
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