West Midlands Combined Authority sits at the centre of transport investment across the region, commissioning infrastructure, analysis, software and professional services. Its Kitts Green procurement concerns a new bus depot, placing a construction opportunity alongside the authority’s varied purchasing of operational and advisory work. For businesses watching public transport procurement, the notice offers a clear case of how one capital project can sit apart from a buyer’s regular purchasing activity.
KEY NUMBERS
The notice is for construction of a new bus depot in Kitts Green and carries an advertised value, not an awarded value. The closing date is not published, so the opportunity remains at the market-entry stage in the information available here. Framework ceilings are excluded, making the comparison about notices issued directly in the period rather than unused capacity under a framework.
The authority’s median notice is 93246 GBP, which places the depot project far outside its usual advertised scale. The next-largest notice is the Velociti Solutions Scheduling Suite for Franchising at 537055 GBP. That contrast helps bidders separate a large construction opportunity from the authority’s more routine software, study, surveying and programme-management purchases.
The comparison covers the authority’s 56 other notices and shows the depot opportunity at 322 times the median notice. It also places the depot at 4.5 times the value of everything else combined. This is a concentration of advertised opportunity in one capital project, not evidence of impropriety, and the figure should not be read as money awarded to a supplier.
| Notice | Published | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Construction of a new bus depot in Kitts Green | 2026-09-08 | 30,000,000 GBP |
| Velociti Solutions Scheduling Suite for Franchising | 2026-03-30 | 537,055 GBP |
| EAST BIRMINGHAM AND NORTH SOLIHULL MASS RAPID TRANSIT STUDY | 2026-07-14 | 418,821 GBP |
| Bus Network Analysis & Scheduling Software | 2026-09-16 | 274,500 GBP |
| Quantity Surveyor | 2026-05-08 | 245,960 GBP |
| CRSTS Programme Management Services – Philip Havenhand | 2026-03-26 | 244,147 GBP |
The depot notice is an advertised opportunity, not an awarded contract.
WHY IT MATTERS
For bidders, the procurement mechanism matters as much as the headline value. A notice at 30000000 GBP signals a construction opportunity requiring a different commercial and delivery assessment from the authority’s usual notices. Because the amount is advertised rather than awarded, it indicates potential contract scale, not secured revenue; excluding framework ceilings keeps the comparison focused on notices placed in the market.
Data: Otnox — live procurement intelligence across 56 markets. Basis: 57 distinct priced notices published by West Midlands Combined Authority in the last 180 days, values as advertised, 2026-03-26..2026-09-22. Reproducible in the Otnox platform.
