Notice Information
Notice Title
1a, 1c and 1d Bus Services
Notice Description
The Council is tendering a contract for 1a, 1c and 1d Local Bus Services (the full scope as outlined in the specification at Appendix 4) The 1a and 1c local bus services operate Monday to Saturday. They are each an approximately hourly service. Both operate from Newbury Wharf to the West Berkshire Hospital. The route of the one 1d journey is as the 1a and 1c from the Wharf Bus Station to the Hospital, then continues directly along the Bath Road to Thatcham Broadway.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: extension for a further 3 years depending on funding.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d6f1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083859-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award 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
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
34121000 - Buses and coaches
34121100 - Public-service buses
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
60100000 - Road transport services
60112000 - Public road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,195,289 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 2 Feb 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@westberks.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWBURY
- Postcode
- RG14 5LD
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- West Berkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Newbury Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Newbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083859-2025
17th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069655-2025
30th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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