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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School Transport September 25/26

Cambridgeshire County Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:06.

Opportunity overview

To procure public transport bus tickets from bus operators to support home to school statutory transport. The transport team would like to use Regulation 41 (PA2023) to award to the required bus operators - namely Stagecoach as no competition can exist due to technical considerations. The annual value of this procurement is £156,000. The Total being £312,000 Bus tickets are exempt from VAT This is to cover 25/26 and 26/7 To allow for the continued use of bus tickets as an option for providing statutory home to school transport services, in a compliant and suitable manner, and ensure there is a clear contract/agreement in place for such services. Additionally allow the Authority to explore possible alternative solution in the medium to long term.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£312k
Awarded
22 Jul 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 02381778
Location
Stockport, UKD35, SK1 3SW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
25056
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Our requirement is to utilise a supply of bus tickets - these are only provided and are non-transferrable by the bus operator awarded the route by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority In some cases, the route might not be tendered as it is deemed a commercially viable route and so bus operators can set up a route in agreement with the Traffic commissioner.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PJVB-3262-VGVJ
Name
Cambridgeshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH12
Country
GB
Locality
Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon
Postal Code
PE28 4YE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PJVB-3262-VGVJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-02381778
Name
STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD35
Country
GB
Locality
Stockport
Postal Code
SK1 3SW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
One Stockport Exchange

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
02381778
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PGMB-3997-GYTP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
23 Jul 2025, 00:00
Title
25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School services from Stagecoach
Status
pending
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH12
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKH12
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
60000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Value

Amount
312,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
312,000

Options

Description
additional bus tickets could be purchased throughout the contract term due to increase demand or changes to bus routes that make it better value to offer bus tickets rather than private hire buses to students. it is possible the value could exceed the stated value as this is an unknown as many of factors which will influence Home to school demand is outside the Authority's control.

Renewal

Description
a further 12 month period from September 2027 to cover the new school term.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
040525-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
16 Jul 2025, 13:50
Entry 2
Id
042414-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
23 Jul 2025, 14:35

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02381778
Name
STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
5 Aug 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2027, 23:59

Standstill Period

Ends
1 Aug 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon · UKH12 · PE28 4YE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-056051-2025-07-23T14:35:29+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·