Notice Information
Notice Title
Chorus Education School Bus Contract
Notice Description
1.4 Chorus Education Trust is looking to appoint an out of catchment home to school transport service
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069e99
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046851-2026
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £285,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £285,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 May 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Jun 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
- 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
- CHORUS EDUCATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S9 4LR
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- Darnall
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield South East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046851-2026
21st May 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
The tender has been published on the In-tend Education portal The link to the supplier portal is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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