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Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing – Kids Go Free - First Bus

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: The West of England Combined Authority: "Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing – Kids Go Free - First Bus". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe West of England Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The West of England Combined Authority
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for The West of England Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
10.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
The Hubbub Group LimitedTop vendor: 40.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 20 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
The Hubbub Group Limited1 win£142,495
Institute for Employment Studies1 win£99,310
Kada Research Limited1 win£69,935
Ekosgen (GC Insight Limited)2 wins£39,526
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe West of England Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
Last source update4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-055975
What is being bought
This contract supports the Kids Go Free subsidised fare initiative that allows for free travel for the under 16s, with this supplier.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Jul 2025, 16:45 BST
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £734,037
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing – Kids Go Free - First Bus
£734,037 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The West of England Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGWR-9284-XMRY
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Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) permits direct awards to be made in certain circumstances. The relevant justification is contained in Paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Act which states: “The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. [Emphasis added] Each of the bus operators has been awarded competitively tendered bus routes which they have exclusive rights to operate so that both limbs (a) and (b) are satisfied.