cEMV Project Consultancy Support

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY · awarded 29 January 2025 · delivered in West Midlands

Who

Buyer	WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY BIRMINGHAM
Supplier	PA Consulting Services Ltd
Category	services
Classification	Business and management consultancy and related services CPV 79400000
Notice published	25 February 2025

What it is for

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) through Transport for West Midlands ('TfWM'), and in partnership with Project Coral (a Bus operators' group), are aiming to progress and introduce a contactless ticketing system for public transport users on Bus and Tram across England. Project Coral was formed in 2019 and is a collaborative private sector led Steering Board comprising of FirstGroup PLC, Arriva UK Bus Ltd, Stagecoach Services Ltd, The Go-Ahead Group Ltd, National Express Ltd and Rotala PLC. Originally and up until 2020, both TfWM and Project Coral had been independently working on developing a Specification to meet the requirements discussed above. The Department for Transport (DfT) put both parties together in 2021 and since then they have worked collaboratively to develop a cEMV technical Specification. Both original Specifications were amalgamated into one version in 2021 by PA Consulting, a professional consultancy services firm. PA Consulting were chosen due to the previous work they helped deliver for TfWM, including the development of an Outline Business Case (OBC) for Swift pay-as-you-go capping using INIT in 2018, and a report on "Contactless Ticketing and Best Value Capping" in 2019. Since 2021 and following PA's role in drafting an amalgamated Specification, PA has continued to support TfWM and Coral Project team with further workstreams that have naturally derived from this initial work related to multi-operator/ multi-model capping project. These workstreams include undertaking commercial modelling analysis, delivering a supplier engagement session, testing key Technical (Quality) questions that will be assessed during the main cEMV tender and hosting a risk workshop. The project has now reached a critical stage where further support from PA…

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