Transport & Passenger Services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 60000000·Services · division·20 classes with notices·Official label: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 533 lots from 362 competitions run by 179 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 184 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 349 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 1,422 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 135 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 85 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Taxi Services | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 24 Nov 2026 | 31d | £750,000 |
| Contracted Enhancements to Local Bus Services | Bedford Borough Council | 18 Nov 2026 | 25d | £800,000 |
| Batch 00012 Provision and Operation of Tram Replacement Bus Services - South Yorkshire Supertram Network | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 29 Oct 2026 | 5d | £810,000 |
What transport & passenger services covers
Official CPV label: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) · editorial summary
Commissioned passenger transit, non-emergency patient transport services (NEPTS) for the NHS, home-to-school transport, and secure courier logistics for public and commercial bodies.
Typical requirements: Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) · Home-to-School Transport · Specialist Courier Services · Bus & Coach Route Operations · Rail Support Logistics.
Sub-sectors of transport & passenger services
20 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 4,379 of 17,036 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Public road transport services60110000 | 20 open → | 129 | 2 | 32% | |
Road transport services60100000 | 19 open → | 167 | 3 | 53% | |
Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver60170000 | 21 open → | 201 | 5 | 66% | |
Taxi services60120000 | 30 open → | 197 | 4 | 82% | |
Special-purpose road passenger-transport services60130000 | 14 open → | 64 | 2 | 28% | |
Railway transport services60200000 | 4 open → | 32 | 6 | 13% | |
Non-scheduled passenger transport60140000 | 11 open → | 27 | 1 | — | |
Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver60180000 | 5 open → | 62 | 3 | 92% | |
Hire of water transport equipment with crew60650000 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 70% | |
Non-scheduled air transport services60420000 | 1 open → | 19 | 3 | — | |
Air transport services60400000 | 3 open → | 18 | 1 | — | |
Aerial and related services60440000 | 2 open → | 12 | 1 | 9% | |
Ferry transport services60610000 | 0 | 13 | 2 | — | |
Water transport services60600000 | 1 open → | 9 | 1 | — | |
Scheduled air transport services60410000 | 1 open → | 6 | 1 | — | |
Space transport services60500000 | 2 open → | 5 | — | — | |
Satellite launch services60510000 | 1 open → | 1 | — | — |
Show 3 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Mail transport by road60160000 | 0 | 5 | — | — | |
Public transport services by railways60210000 | 0 | 8 | — | — | |
Shipping operations60640000 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities83%(14,042 notices)
14,042 of 17,008 notices are Local authorities (83%).Central government3%(445 notices)
445 of 17,008 notices are Central government (3%).Other public bodies3%(427 notices)
427 of 17,008 notices are Other public bodies (3%).Education & universities1%(208 notices)
208 of 17,008 notices are Education & universities (1%).NHS & health0%(74 notices)
74 of 17,008 notices are NHS & health (0%).Not classified11%(1,812 notices)
1,812 of 17,008 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Surrey County Council | Local authorities | 6,921 | 1,378 | 0 |
| London Borough of Haringey - Passenger Transport Services | Local authorities | 2,077 | 0 | 0 |
| West Northamptonshire Council | Local authorities | 1,556 | 287 | 0 |
| Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston | not classified | 1,355 | 214 | 0 |
| Suffolk County Council | Local authorities | 505 | 0 | 1 |
| London Borough of Lewisham | Local authorities | 448 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich - managed by GS Plus Ltd | Local authorities | 429 | 0 | 0 |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | Local authorities | 277 | 0 | 0 |
| The North Yorkshire Council | Local authorities | 249 | 238 | 0 |
| Transport for London | Other public bodies | 171 | 83 | 0 |
770 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 15,236 of 17,036 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| West Midlands | 7 | 64% | 76% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 62% | 67% | |
| Greater London | 2 | 25% | 71% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 71% | 96% | |
| North West England | 3 | 44% | 54% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 61% | 82% | |
| South East England | 4 | 39% | 47% | |
| East of England | 5 | 60% | 64% | |
| South West England | 2 | 29% | 33% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 46% | 49% | |
| North East England | 3 | 42% | 75% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract96%(16,323 notices)
16,323 of 17,036 notices are Contract (96%).Framework2%(359 notices)
359 of 17,036 notices are Framework (2%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(354 notices)
354 of 17,036 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open80%(13,697 notices)
13,697 of 17,036 notices are Open (80%).Limited / restricted10%(1,769 notices)
1,769 of 17,036 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).Selective4%(760 notices)
760 of 17,036 notices are Selective (4%).Route not published3%(541 notices)
541 of 17,036 notices are Route not published (3%).Direct award2%(269 notices)
269 of 17,036 notices are Direct award (2%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold80%(353 notices)
353 of 439 notices are Above threshold (80%).Below threshold20%(86 notices)
86 of 439 notices are Below threshold (20%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (7,338) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid21%(114)
114 of 533 lots fall in 1 bid (21%).2–331%(164)
164 of 533 lots fall in 2–3 (31%).4–626%(136)
136 of 533 lots fall in 4–6 (26%).7 or more22%(119)
119 of 533 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 533 lots from 362 competitions run by 179 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 184 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 349 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
5,368 of 7,235 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 103 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
1,387 SME bids out of 1,767, on 325 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
620 of 1,180 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 178 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
34 of 7,338 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 351 lots from 130 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 27,474 awards to 3,636 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| network cars (tottenham) ltd | 541 | 541 | 0 | 1 |
| STL | 442 | 442 | 113 | 1 |
| XPERT CARS | 421 | 421 | 62 | 1 |
| Airport Transfer Cars Ltd | 336 | 336 | 2 | 6 |
| Emess Car Service | 310 | 310 | 0 | 1 |
| Leyton Midland Cars | 230 | 230 | 0 | 1 |
| Courtesy Cars Redhill Ltd | 218 | 218 | 78 | 1 |
| iconnectcar | 208 | 208 | 31 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,196 of 17,036 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in transport & passenger services
85 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 60, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.