Official UK procurement notice
25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School Transport September 25/26
Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo procure public transport bus tickets from bus operators to support home to school statutory transport.
The transport team would like to use Regulation 41 (PA2023) to award to the required bus operators - namely Stagecoach as no competition can exist due to technical considerations.
The annual value of this procurement is £156,000. The Total being £312,000
Bus tickets are exempt from VAT
This is to cover 25/26 and 26/7
To allow for the continued use of bus tickets as an option for providing statutory home to school transport services, in a compliant and suitable manner, and ensure there is a clear contract/agreement in place for such services.
Additionally allow the Authority to explore possible alternative solution in the medium to long term.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2025, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2025, 14:35 BST
- Authority reference
25056- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042414- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056051Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Our requirement is to utilise a supply of bus tickets - these are only provided and are non-transferrable by the bus operator awarded the route by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
In some cases, the route might not be tendered as it is deemed a commercially viable route and so bus operators can set up a route in agreement with the Traffic commissioner.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Jul 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:35 BST
- Standstill ends1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2025, 13:50 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:35 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stagecoach Service Ltd25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School services from Stagecoach1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2027Extensions: a further 12 month period from September 2027 to cover the new school term. · Options: additional bus tickets could be purchased throughout the contract term due to increase demand or changes to bus routes that make it better value to offer bus tickets rather than private hire buses to students. it is possible the value could exceed the stated value as this is an unknown as many of factors which will influence Home to school demand is outside the Authority's control. | £312,000 | 23 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender