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title: "25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School Transport September 25/26"
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# 25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School Transport September 25/26

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/25056-provision-of-bus-tickets-for-home-to-school-transport-september-25-26-ocds-h6vhtk-056051). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridgeshire County Council: "25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School Transport September 25/26". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridgeshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridgeshire-county-council-ons-e10000003)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £312,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/25056-provision-of-bus-tickets-for-home-to-school-transport-september-25-26-ocds-h6vhtk-056051#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056051`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/25056-provision-of-bus-tickets-for-home-to-school-transport-september-25-26-ocds-h6vhtk-056051#tl-md)

## Description
To 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 25056 Provision of Bus Tickets for Home to School services from Stagecoach (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121494`
  - Value: £312,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 22/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042414-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-23T13:35:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:42:06.999Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-056051