Official UK procurement notice
Bus Transport Service for West Lancashire College
Authority: NCG (Public body)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UKNorth West (UKD)
Published estimate£800,000≈ £200k / year · £960,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Jul 2025awarded 1 Aug 2025
Awarded to MAGHULL COACHES
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · starts 1 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA bespoke transport service for learners to access the Skelmersdale Site from the Aintree, Kirkby, and Maghull areas.
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CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£800,000
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 (5)
- Provision of Service: 10%
- Customer Support: 10%
- Total Price for Delivery of Service: 70%
- Social Value: 5%
- Environmental and Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Provision of Service
- Customer Support
- Environmental and Sustainability
- Social Value
- Total Price for Delivery of Service
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
NCG250402T- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036905- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557ceFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
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- Submission deadline
- 28 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by16 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline28 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published400 days ago19 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Aug 2025, 12:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Sept 2025, 10:05 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £800,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGHULL COACHESSME1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 | £800,000 | 1 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · MAGHULL COACHESSME
- Signed
- 18 Aug 2025
- Value
- £800,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2029
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Travel Disruption · Query Response Times · Arrival/Departure Time
- Travel Disruption, Provider to inform college of any long-term travel disruption they become aware of that could affect site arrival times (e.g. roadworks, road closures, etc.) within 24 hours.
- Query Response Times, Queries/complaints must be responded to within 24 hours.
- Arrival/Departure Time, Coaches must arrive on site within 5 minutes of the agreed arrival time.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Maghull Coaches LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender