Notice Information
Notice Title
Cowley International College - Home to School Transport
Notice Description
The procurement is to provide the college with a home to school transport service.
Planning Information
We will be holding a teams event for all interested suppliers which wil be held at 10:00 on 30/06/2025. The teams event will include the business manager from Cowley International College and Richard Huntrods from the Department for Educations Get Help Buying for Schools Team. The purpose of the call will be to provide detail of the opportunity to suppliers and it will also give them chance to ask questions which may be relevant to the procurement. For clarity, DFE's get help buying for schools team wil lbe running the procurement exercise however the contracting authority is Cowley International College.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05452c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068637-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60100000 - Road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £165,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £165,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Oct 20252 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Cowley International College - Home to School Transport, Kerry Callaghan
- Contact Email
- kerry.callaghan@cowleysthelens.org.uk, policyassurance.commercialqueries@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01744 678 030
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD71 East Merseyside
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- St. Helens
- Electoral Ward
- Windle
- Westminster Constituency
- St Helens North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068637-2025
27th October 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050922-2025
22nd August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034263-2025
23rd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030896-2025
9th June 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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