Notice Information
Notice Title
Home to School Transport 2025-26
Notice Description
Supply of school transport services for the 2025-26 academic year to transport 368 students from the Chester/ Ellesmere Port, Wirral area to Calday Grange Grammar School (CH48 8GG) and West Kirby Grammar School (CH48 5DP). The service is required from 02/09/2025 until 17/07/2026 during term time only and will not be required on INSET days and bank holidays. The School collects payments for bus passes and pays for the service, therefore fares are not required to be collected. Bus routes are already established and the current timetable will be provided. Suppliers can put forward proposed routes, bus stops, number of vehicles. Consideration should be given to suitable vehicles for route conditions and access limitations (narrow lanes, bridges etc.). Suppliers can quote for a single service, multiple services or the whole service. Buses must be under 15 years old and be fitted with seatbelts.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054607
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031237-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £478,800 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £478,800 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CALDAY GRANGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- finance@calday.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WIRRAL
- Postcode
- CH48 8GG
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD74 Wirral
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England), TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Wirral
- Electoral Ward
- West Kirby and Thurstaston
- Westminster Constituency
- Wirral West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031237-2025
10th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-2000
Transport planning numbers, requirements and price matrix -
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-2004
Invitation To Tender document * Form of Tender * Certificate of Non-Collusion * Instructions to Tenderer's * School transport specification * Apprendix 1: School transport service conditions of contract
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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