Notice Information
Notice Title
Notice of Final Award Home to School Transport September 2025 Mixed Vehicles for Bridgend County Borough Council.
Notice Description
Home to School Transport Services for Bridgend County Borough Council using mixed vehicles covering Routes for Bus, minibuses, adapted vehicles and taxis.
Planning Information
premarket engagement event to brief interested bidders on the changes to the tender process since the advent of Procurement Act 2023, and to give background information on the tender timelines.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0510b7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055507-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, 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
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
60171000 - Hire of passenger cars with driver
60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,912,130 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £2,625,990 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 10 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 21 Jul 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- tenders@bridgend.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01656 642518
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRIDGEND
- Postcode
- CF31 4WB
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
-
- Local Authority
- Bridgend
- Electoral Ward
- Bridgend Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bridgend
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055507-2025
10th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047863-2025
12th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033102-2025
17th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020405-2025
12th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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