Notice Information
Notice Title
Shuttle Bus
Notice Description
Contract Details notice
Planning Information
Cardiff University will be re-tendering their University Hall residences shuttle bus service from September 2025. The University provide transport services for students living at University Hall residences CF23 5YB between university buildings (via a shuttle bus) service. Currently the service operates Monday to Friday between circa 8.10am and 6.15pm* (times may be subject to change). The service is provided in line with the academic term dates (equates to approximately 40 weeks per annum, September – June with breaks during key holiday/recess periods, e.g., Christmas and Easter). Full details of the tender will be issued on our tender portal via Sell to Wales (www.sell2wales.gov.uk ) and as part of the University pre-market engagement activities we are contacting suppliers in the South Wales area to raise awareness of the opportunity. Potential Bidders are invited to submit information about their services which may inform our tender when published. If after the tender is published, interested suppliers have any queries regarding the tender opportunity please contact Cardiff University Procurement team via our tenders portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051d28
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050436-2025
- 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
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60112000 - Public road transport services
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £480,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £480,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £508,200 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £508,200 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 7 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Sep 2025 - 22 Jun 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-05-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Anthony Hale
- Contact Email
- halea3@cardiff.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +442920879388
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF24 4HQ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050436-2025
21st August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047330-2025
8th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034140-2025
20th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028312-2025
29th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024654-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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