Official UK procurement notice
Bus 375 Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed£0exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Jul 2026awarded 13 Aug 2026
Award (standstill) to Central Connect Transport Ltd
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 7 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract is for the provision of a local bus service between Grays and Horndon on the Hill, incorporating East Tilbury and other local areas. Overall, the Contract shall achieve / deliver accessible, reliable bus/public transport provision for those communities.
CPV: Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Questions: 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Questions
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
PS/2026/004- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056512- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5a8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
16 Jun 2026 → 7 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published128 days ago16 Jun 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline93 days ago21 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent70 days ago13 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago13 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
- Standstill ends58 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by57 days ago25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 16 days7 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2026- Tender notice published16 Jun 2026, 11:00 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2026, 14:42 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £478,8001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Connect Transport LtdPS/2026/004 Bus 3757 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: 12 month extension period | £478,800 inc. VAT | 13 Aug 2026standstill to 24 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Central Connect ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications You can access the tender documents on the above E-tendering System
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender