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# Bus Driver Training

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "Bus Driver Training". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £100,000,000. 13 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Oct 2033, 00:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (open for submissions, 2543 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £100,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 October 2033 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 13
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKE4, UKE42, UKE45
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D73567%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35#participate

## Description
To provide qualified bus drivers within the West Yorkshire region.

## Lots (13)
### Lot 1: Lot 1- Skills For Life
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £100,000,000
- **Description:** The Combined Authority is seeking to contract with one training provider to deliver the following:
Stage 1. 	An awareness raising and myth busting campaign and training programme (minimum 300 learners)
Stage 2.	Medical, application for a Provisional ...
- **Contract Period:** 02/10/2033 to 04/10/2033

### Lot 2: Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Description:** Provision description:
The Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) is designed to help Jobcentre Plus claimants build confidence to improve their job prospects and enhance their CV, whilst helping employers in sectors with current local vacancies ...

### Lot 3: Lot 3 Carbon Capture and Storage
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 3 – Wakefield Local Authority area
Course: Skills Bootcamp in Carbon Capture and Storage
Specifics
•	Minimum 60 GLH
•	Level 3/4
•	x15 learners
Rationale
A Skills Bootcamp which is aimed at developing skills in green technology is required within ...

### Lot 4: Lot 4 FE Trades Tutor
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 4 – West Yorkshire wide
Course: Skills Bootcamp in FE Trades Tutor
Specifics
•	Minimum 60 GLH
•	Level 3 and above
•	x24 learners
We are looking for a provider to deliver a Skills Bootcamp in FE Trades Tutor, with the aim to equip vocationally com...

### Lot 5: Lot 5 Green Skills
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Description:** Lot 5 – West Yorkshire wide
Green Skills
Specifics
•	Minimum 60 GLHs per course
•	Level 3 and above (Level 2 and above for construction)
•	125 learners in total for the Lot (can be broken down into smaller numbers per Skills Bootcamp)
The West Yorksh...

### Lot 6: Lot 6: Skills Bootcamp in Project Management
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 6: Skills Bootcamp in Project Management
•	Number of participants: 70 minimum
•	Level of learning: L3-5
•	GLHs: 60
Endemic skill shortages for specialised skills such as project management are constraining firm-level productivity and the performa...

### Lot 7: Lot 7: Skills Bootcamp – exclusive employer co-funded programme
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 7: Skills Bootcamp – exclusive employer co-funded programme
•	Number of participants 70 minimum
•	Level of learning: L3-5 (except construction/logistics which can be L2)
•	GLHs: 60 (unless digital skills which must be 100)
The success of Skills B...

### Lot 8: Lot 8- Skills Bootcamp in Telehandler
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 8 Skills Bootcamp in Telehandler
•	Number of participants: 20 minimum
•	Level of learning: L2-3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 60 minimum
The Telehandler is a piece of plant used to move and lift heavy equipment to higher levels, used extensively in ne...

### Lot 9: Lot 9- Skills Bootcamp in Excavator 360
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 9: Skills Bootcamp in Excavator 360
•	Number of participants: 15 minimum
•	Level of learning: L2-3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 60 minimum
•	Delivery to commence August 2024 onwards
To become a plant operator, individuals need to have successful comp...

### Lot 10: Lot 10- Skills Bootcamp in EWI & Treatments
- **Lot id:** `10`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 10 - Skills Bootcamp in EWI & Treatments
•	Number of participants: 20 minimum
•	Level of learning: L2-3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 60 minimum
There are over a million homes in West Yorkshire. These homes make up nearly a third of all emissions rela...

### Lot 11: Lot 11 - Skills Bootcamp in Glass and Glazing Fenestration
- **Lot id:** `11`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 11 Skills Bootcamp in Glass and Glazing Fenestration
•	Number of participants: 20 minimum
•	Level of learning: L2-3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 60 minimum
The Fenestration, Glass and Glazing industry has over 50 dedicated career paths with opportuni...

### Lot 12: Lot 12- Skills Bootcamp in Construction – HMP Wealstun
- **Lot id:** `12`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 12 Skills Bootcamp in Construction – HMP Wealstun
•	Number of participants: 15 minimum
•	Level of learning: L2-3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 60 minimum
The course aims to introduce the opportunities within the construction sector and equip individua...

### Lot 13: Lot 13- Skills Bootcamp in Web Design & Development
- **Lot id:** `13`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 13: Skills Bootcamp in Web Design & Development
•	Number of participants: 30 minimum
•	Level of learning: L3
•	Guided Learning Hours: 100 minimum
Roles in all areas of website design and development – back-end, front-end and full-stack – continue...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (38)
> **Award Register:** 38 awards have been published for this procedure. Showing the first 25:
> [View complete award roster, contract values, and supplier list on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35#outcome)

- **Award:** Bradford Cold Spot Responsiveness (active)
  - Award id: `003343-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **dip (Batley) Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-136778`

- **Award:** Bradford Cold Spot Responsiveness (active)
  - Award id: `003343-2025-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Realise Learning and Employment Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31100`

- **Award:** Lot 1 Skills Bootcamp in Early Years (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Think Employment Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-171530`

- **Award:** Lot 2 High Performance Full Stack Software Development (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Lot 3 Carbon Capture and Storage (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-3-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Heart of Yorkshire Education Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118470`

- **Award:** Lot 4 FE Trades Tutor (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-4-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Aim 2 Learn Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140097`

- **Award:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-5-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Aim 2 Learn Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140097`

- **Award:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-5-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Talented Training Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140098`

- **Award:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Award id: `008278-2025-5-7`
  - Supplier(s): **Luminate Education Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131442`

- **Award:** Lot 1 – Skills Bootcamp in HealthTech / Medtech (for Leeds Local Authority) (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `021639-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Lot 2 – Skills Bootcamp in High Performance Full Stack Software Development (For Wakefield Local Authority) (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `021639-2024-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Lot 3 – Skills Bootcamp in Construction Site Operative (For Wakefield Local Authority) (active)
  - Award id: `021639-2024-3-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Heart of Yorkshire Education Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118470`

- **Award:** Lot 4 – Skills Bootcamp in Carbon Capture and Storage (For Wakefield Local Authority) (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `021639-2024-4-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Lot 5 – Skills Bootcamp in Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driving (For Wakefield Local Authority) (active)
  - Award id: `021639-2024-5-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Heart of Yorkshire Education Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118470`

- **Award:** Kirklees Skills Gap (active)
  - Award id: `029161-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Realise Learning and Employment Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31100`

- **Award:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aim2Learn**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131441`

- **Award:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Aim2Learn**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131441`

- **Award:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-2-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Realise Learning and Employment Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31100`

- **Award:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-2-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Realise Learning and Employment Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31100`

- **Award:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-3-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Maximus UK Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-09072343`

- **Award:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-3-7`
  - Supplier(s): **Maximus UK Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-09072343`

- **Award:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-4-5`
  - Supplier(s): **CECOS Computing International Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-152432`

- **Award:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-4-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Talented Training Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140098`

- **Award:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Award id: `034966-2025-5-9`
  - Supplier(s): **Think Employment Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-171530`

- **Award:** Lot 1: Skills Bootcamp in Telecomms Infrastructure (active)
  - Award id: `038362-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aim2Learn Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131441`

## Contracts (34)
> [View all 34 signed contracts on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-driver-training-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35#contracts)

- **Contract:** Bus Driver Training (active)
  - Signed Value: £625,000
  - Signed Date: 15/09/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,600,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,800,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,283,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,800,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,596,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,800,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 1- Skills For Life (active)
  - Signed Value: £320,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,190,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 2- Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) (active)
  - Signed Value: £608,000
  - Signed Date: 15/05/2025

- **Contract:** Lot 3 Carbon Capture and Storage (active)
  - Signed Value: £67,500
  - Signed Date: 05/02/2025

- **Contract:** Bradford Cold Spot Responsiveness (active)
  - Signed Value: £480,385
  - Signed Date: 17/12/2024

- **Contract:** Bradford Cold Spot Responsiveness (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000
  - Signed Date: 17/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 1 Skills Bootcamp in Early Years (active)
  - Signed Value: £201,229
  - Signed Date: 09/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 4 FE Trades Tutor (active)
  - Signed Value: £108,000
  - Signed Date: 05/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Signed Value: £562,500
  - Signed Date: 05/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Signed Value: £135,000
  - Signed Date: 05/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 5 Green Skills (active)
  - Signed Value: £90,000
  - Signed Date: 05/12/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 6: Skills Bootcamp in Project Management (active)
  - Signed Value: £255,290
  - Signed Date: 28/10/2024

- **Contract:** Lot 2: Skills Bootcamp in ESOL Tutor Training (active)
  - Signed Value: £105,000
  - Signed Date: 14/10/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079377-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-03T13:55:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T04:47:31.806Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03cf35