Notice Information
Notice Title
Ceredigion - Learner Transport September 2023
Notice Description
Provision of the learner bus routes which contracts will expire on 31 August 2023. Contracts to commence on 1 September 2023 with option of terms until 31 August 2025 with a possible extension period of 2 years or until 31 August 2028 with a possible of extension period of 2 years.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Ceredigion County Council were tendering the Provision of the learner bus routes as the original contracts expired on 31 August 2023. The routes that were tendered are: YC06am YP03 YA06 YC05 Learner Bus YP04 YP11 Learner Bus YP12 Learner Bus YA04 YP24 YP25 YP26 YP35 YA01 CLE2 CLE1 YC05 YC07 YC09 YD02 YD03 YD04 YD07 YD08 YD09 YD10 YD12 YD13 YD14 YD15 YL02 YL12 YO01 YP29/YT03 YT02a YT06 YT07 YTLJ3 YL03 YA03 YA07 YA08 YTLJ2 YA05
Options: See tender documents
Renewal: Option 1 2 year contract with an optional extension of 2 years Option 2 5 year contract with an optional extension of 2 years
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03c492
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019430-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
34121100 - Public-service buses
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
60100000 - Road transport services
60112000 - Public road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,700,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,180,017 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 May 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CYNGOR SIR CEREDIGION COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ymholiadau.caffael@ceredigion.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1545570881
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERYSTWYTH
- Postcode
- SY23 3UE
- Post Town
- Shrewsbury
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL41 Mid Wales
- Delivery Location
- TLL1 West Wales and The Valleys
-
- Local Authority
- Ceredigion
- Electoral Ward
- Llanbadarn Fawr
- Westminster Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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