Notice Information
Notice Title
University of Portsmouth Bus Service
Notice Description
The Supplier shall be required to provide two main bus Service routes: U1: is a Southsea circular route that operates Monday to Friday, during term-time, in an anti-clockwise direction only, through the main student and staff housing areas and starting at Kings Theatre. U2: The U2 bus Service shall run Monday to Friday, during term-time, to help students get from the city centre campus to Langstone sports pitches. The nature of the University activities is such that demand for bus Services will fluctuate during the day, (with early morning and late afternoon peaks for travel), and throughout the year, with greater demand at the start of the academic year and during events organised by the University or Student Union, for example. The Supplier shall be required to provide Services to cater for the busiest periods, and shall be required to deliver a flexible Service which is able to react to changes in demand. This may require the provision of duplicate or additional vehicles operating outside the standard timetable, and provision of additional vehicles to cater for specific events within the University calendar.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Two periods of up to twelve months. Twenty four months in total
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f7bc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032288-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
60100000 - Road transport services
60112000 - Public road transport services
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,646,412 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,646,412 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 1 Sep 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-02-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
- Contact Name
- Helen Booth
- Contact Email
- procurement@port.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PORTSMOUTH
- Postcode
- PO1 2UP
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
- Delivery Location
- TLJ31 Portsmouth
-
- Local Authority
- Portsmouth
- Electoral Ward
- St Thomas
- Westminster Constituency
- Portsmouth South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032288-2025
13th June 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028338-2025
29th May 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011032-2025
25th March 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010836-2025
24th March 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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