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 awarded 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 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.
Tiger 9 not awarded
CPV: Public road transport services · Road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The seven routes were treated as individual lotsAwarded
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 Authority reserved the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jun 2025, 12:37 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jun 2025, 12:37 BST
- Authority reference
DN760182- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034047- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0550deFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whippet Coaches LimitedSME | £592,101 † | — | Awarded |
| Stagecoach East | £1,907,837 † | — | Awarded |
| A2B TRAVEL GROUP LTDSME | £737,949 † | — | Awarded |
| Stagecoach East Midlands | £1,010,492 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034047-2025-Tiger 1-1 · Whippet Coaches LimitedSME
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £592,101
- Status
- active
Contract 034047-2025-Tiger 2/3 and Tiger 4-2 · Stagecoach East
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,907,837
- Status
- active
Contract 034047-2025-Tiger 5/12 combination-3 · A2B TRAVEL GROUP LTDSME
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £737,949
- Status
- active
Contract 034047-2025-Tiger 7-4 · Stagecoach East Midlands
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,010,492
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- A2B TRAVEL GROUP LTDAwarded supplier
- Stagecoach EastAwarded supplier
- Stagecoach East MidlandsAwarded supplier
- Whippet Coaches LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.