Official UK procurement notice
2025 Tiger Routes - local bus services
Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is 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, Tiger 9 and Tiger 12).
- Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services.
- From 27th May 2025 for 12 months + 12 months + 12 months.
The Authority is planning to award seven (7) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Tuesday 27th May 2025. The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from this start date.
The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited.
The Route Schedule details the requirements for these contracts, such as the route, timetable, type of vehicle, and type of ticketing equipment to be used.
Any extra requirements relating to the contracts that are not covered in the ITT document or in the Conditions of Contract will be displayed in the Route Schedule under ‘Special Conditions’.
Potential providers are encouraged to consider how the contracts they are tendering for can be integrated with the commercial bus network, where applicable.
CPV: Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The 7 separate routes will be treated as individual LotsRenewal
The Authority is planning to award seven (7) separate contracts relating to the provision of Local Bus Services. The contracts start on Tuesday the 27th of May 2025. The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from the start date stated on each Route Schedule. The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for some or all the services for which Tenders are invited.
The Route Schedule details the requirements for these contracts, such as the route, timetable, type of vehicle, and type of ticketing equipment to be used.
Any extra requirements relating to the contracts that are not covered in the ITT document or in the Conditions of Contract will be displayed in the Route Schedule under ‘Special Conditions’.
The Authority has decided to use 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 will be 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
- Closed
- 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
- 23 Jan 2025, 08:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jan 2025, 08:25 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN760182- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002312- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d59fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Jan 2025 → 24 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published23 Jan 2025, 08:25 GMT
- Submission deadline24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
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.