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Link Bus service for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Authority: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a Link-Bus service between Royal Stoke University Hospital (location: Stoke-on- Trent in Staffordshire) & County Hospital (location: town of Stafford, in Staffordshire).
Up to 365 days per annum.
Hours of operation 06:00 to 23:00 (inclusive), utilising buses with 16 seats or more, fully DDA compliant (i.e. able to accommodate wheelchairs)
The anticipated total contract period, including extension periods, is 5 years from the date stated.
Offers proposed will be evaluated for the primary term of 36 months, excluding any extension periods.
Term: Evaluated Primary Term: 36 months
Extension period options: +2 years maximum
The estimated total value for this procurement: Services including extension periods: £2,800,000
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- 20250606093013-13355
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Published tender value
- £2,800,000.00
- Min Value
- £2,000,000.00
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Open
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 60112000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Public road transport services
- Additional classifications 2: Reference
- 60130000
- Additional classifications 2: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 2: Description
- Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- Additional classifications 3: Reference
- 60170000
- Additional classifications 3: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 3: Description
- Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
- Additional classifications 4: Reference
- 60172000
- Additional classifications 4: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 4: Description
- Hire of buses and coaches with driver
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- West Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision17 Mar 2025
- Contract starts31 Mar 2025
- Notice published6 Jun 2025
- Contract ends30 Mar 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- ABC SupremeSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-e0e3c777-1508-4818-bdcf-36d3a228fe6f-2025-06-06T09:30:20+01:00
- Published
- 6 Jun 2025
- Latest update
- 6 Jun 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-e0e3c777-1508-4818-bdcf-36d3a228fe6f
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-e0e3c777-1508-4818-bdcf-36d3a228fe6f-1