Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Bus Transport Services
Notice Description
The service requirement is to bring students from specific collection points around Shuttleworth College in the morning, and to return them in the evening. There are 8 x required routes, plus 2 additional shuttle routes from the college coach park to two local satellite sites. One provider is required to serve all routes.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service requirement is to bring students from specific collection points around Shuttleworth College in the morning, and to return them in the evening. There are 8 x required routes, plus 2 additional shuttle routes from the college coach park to two local satellite sites. One provider is required to serve all routes.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015164-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning 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
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60100000 - Road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,459,875 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Jan 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 14 Apr 202510 months 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
- BEDFORD COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Craig Pullen
- Contact Email
- craig@cpconsulting.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7531975978
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BEDFORD
- Postcode
- MK42 9AH
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH24 Bedford
- Delivery Location
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, TLH24 Bedford
-
- Local Authority
- Bedford
- Electoral Ward
- Cauldwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Bedford
Further Information
Notice URLs
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