Social Value Ideas for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Broad Green accessibility delay

Broad Green station's accessibility scheme was two years late after Northern and its contractors failed to progress the works, prompting intervention up to ministerial level and a transfer of commissi…

“but the blot on the copybook for us was a scheme that northern trains were meant to commission at Broad Green station and it was meant to be delivered…”

EV charging concession procurement

The Combined Authority is procuring a 15-year concession contract for the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) programme. The initial rollout is backed by £9.6 million of capital investment, w…

“Thanks Councillor Shaw. So the LEVI programme as we refer to it, local electric vehicle infrastructure. It's actually ahead of that, so we're just to …”

108 zero-emission buses ordered

The authority has ordered 108 zero-emission buses from Alexander Dennis and Wrightbus, with delivery expected by the end of 2025 into early 2026. These vehicles are tied to the planned 2026 franchisin…

“In terms of the zero emission vehicles, 108 zero emission busses have been ordered and are being produced by the UK's two major manufacturers Alexande…”

£1.6bn transport funding pipeline

The Combined Authority secured £1.6 billion of transport funding for the 2027 onwards period and has started to profile the planning and spend proposal for that period. This is a major capital pipelin…

“We did get a good national settlement, we got 1 .6 billion pounds of transport funding in the spending review for 2027 onwards and we've already start…”

Merseyrail operating model review

Officers are exploring options for the future Merseyrail operating model, including extending the current contract, retendering when it ends in 2028, or bringing services in-house. External experts ha…

“the commitment to look at a new operating model for Mersey Rail was actually a subject of a paper at the Combined Authority in March and the combined …”

Bus depot acquisition and CPO

The bus franchising model depends on the combined authority owning bus depots and fleets. Commercial negotiations with current depot owners are underway, while a compulsory purchase order process has …

“First of all, owning our depots and our fleet creates a level playing field for all bidders who are trying to win the franchises, regardless of whethe…”

Tranche 1 bus franchise tender

The first tranche of the bus franchise procurement is live, with bids received and evaluation underway. The authority reports strong market interest and a robust competition for the initial franchise …

“The second point I wanted to draw attention to is the procurement process that we're running which is well underway now for Tranch One for the first c…”

No bus conductors planned

The authority confirmed it has no plans to specify an additional onboard person such as a bus conductor in the franchise model. Safety and passenger assistance will instead be addressed through other …

“Yes, I'm pleased to say that question. There are no plans. We've not specified in the bus franchise competitions to put a second person on board the b…”

Procurement split across tranches

The bus franchising programme is being procured in stages: category one and category two contracts are divided into tranche 1 and tranche 2, with staggered go-live dates through September 2027. This s…

“But the different colour coding represents the fact there's two categories of contracts that we're tendering for. Category one large contracts it's ba…”

Budget underspend at Q1

The force ended quarter one with an underspend of £0.6 million, while also carrying £177,000 of Water Street incident costs. This indicates current budget headroom but also unplanned incident expendit…

“"At the end of quarter one for 2526, the force has an underspend of 0 .6 million pound. There's a few under and overspends contained with that, as you…”

Revenue underspend of £5.3m

The force reported a provisional 2025/26 revenue underspend of £5.3m, just over 1% of its total budget. The underspend was mainly due to central budget items such as proceeds of crime income and lower…

“Speaker 8: Good afternoon. I'm Helen Stafford, acting Director of Resources. This first slide shows the provisional outturn on the revenue account for…”