Buyer	DfTc - Department for Transport — not a council we hold
Supplier	Steer Davies Gleave

DfT wishes to inform a contract has been awarded for services to develop a robust, causal estimate of the contribution of transport (or lack of sufficient transport) to regional productivity gaps in the UK. This will help inform the policy debate and support the overall case for transport investment by understanding the 'size of the prize' via some Research

Runs	15 May 2025 to 14 Feb 2026
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-47570403-accc-4256-b28d-8dc1e03568c3
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.