Awarded contract

DfT BODS/ABODS Service

Details

Value
£25,000,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
22 October 2025

Tender description

The Department for Transport seeks to procure robust, scalable, and reliable BODS/ABODS services. These services will support the publication, management, and dissemination of open data related to bus services across the UK. BODS and ABODS will deliver in alignment with the DfT's strategic direction and priority outcomes, in particular; 1) Grow the economy by investing in enhancing the transport network; 2) Improve transport for users; and 5) Be an excellent department. Theses services will also delivery in alignment with legislative requirements, the National Bus Strategy and the National Data Strategy.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 September 2025
  2. Completed: Award published22 October 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Department for Transport (DfT) is a central government department, with commercial work spanning road, rail, aviation and maritime transport across the United Kingdom. The Group Commercial Directorate leads procurement for DfT from Great Minster House. National Highways, HS2 Ltd and Network Rail each run their own separate procurement as arm's-length bodies of DfT. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency also buy separately.

Over the past 5 years, most of DfT's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

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