Official UK procurement notice
2024 Mayoral Precept - local bus services
Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority was seeking to award bus services contracts to multiple suppliers for the following requirements:
- The supply of local bus services (contracts Tiger 1, Tiger 2 & 3, Tiger 4, Tiger 5, Tiger 7, and Tiger 9).
- Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services.
The Authority intended to award six (6) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts were due to start on Friday the 29th of November 2024.
The Authority reserved the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited.
None of the six (6) contracts were awarded
CPV: Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The 6 separate routes will be treated as individual LotsCancelledRenewal
The Authority intended to award six (6) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts were due to start on Friday the 29th of November 2024.
The Authority reserved the right not to conclude a contract for some or all the services for which Tenders are invited.
The Authority used the Open Procedure for this project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 27, PCRs2015. This is a single-stage process which addresses the mandatory and discretionary exclusions (through the completion of the part 1 & 2 SSQ) and quality assessments as a single stage.
The Process was managed on the Due North/Pro-Contract Portal, hosted by Bid-Eastern.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 1 Aug 2024, 07:47 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jan 2025, 09:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Sept 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN735941- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002317- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048693Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
2 Sept 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 Jan 2025, 09:08 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled23 Jan 2025, 09:08 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.