1. Please can you provide the date the current FORS contract will terminate? 2. Please can you provide the date the contract will be re-tendered? 3. Details why a limit on the number of external audit providers has been applied by the FORS provider?

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TfL Ref: FOI-1353-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 13 October 2020, asking about TfL’s Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) contract.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

1. Please can you provide the date the current FORS contract will terminate?

The current FORS Concessionaire contract ends on 8 January 2022.

1. Please can you provide the date the contract will be re-tendered?

The FORS Concessionaire re-tender process is currently due to commence in 2020.

1. Details why a limit on the number of external audit providers has been applied by the FORS provider?

There is no limit on the number of external audit providers applied by the Concessionaire.

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