Notice Information
Notice Title
Bus Service 32 (March to Whittlesey)
Notice Description
The Authority is seeking to award a bus service contract to a supplier for the following requirements: * The supply of local bus services (March to Whittlesey) * Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to support local bus services. * From 1st September 2025 for 12 months + 12 months + 12 months. The Authority is seeking to award a contract relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contract starts on Monday 1st September 2025. The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from this start date. The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited. The Route Schedule details the requirements for these contracts, such as the route, timetable, type of vehicle, and type of ticketing equipment to be used.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Initial 12 months with two extensions available for 12 months + 12 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054fa2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000700-2026
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £675,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £675,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £610,848 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £614,880 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- CPCA Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurement@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1480277180
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HUNTINGDON
- Postcode
- PE29 3TN
- Post Town
- Peterborough
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Electoral Ward
- Huntingdon North
- Westminster Constituency
- Huntingdon
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000700-2026
6th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043101-2025
25th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033567-2025
19th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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