Official UK procurement notice
Ceredigion - Learner Transport - Buses 2025
Authority: Ceredigion County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCeredigion County Council have appointed a supplier(s) for the provision of the Learner Transport Bus Routes .Contracts will commence on 1 August 2025. Contracts will be for 2 years with a possible extension of up to 2 years.
- No preliminary market engagement: General market awareness that routes are advertised every year. Due to the change in procurement regime the initial planning for this procurement was undertaken during the previous regime.
CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Public road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£958,000
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents.
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).
Published award criteria (1)
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
See tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents.
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Apr 2025, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
itt_116496- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014700- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0501bcFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
See tender documents.
- Risks
The risks are, fluctuation in pupil numbers & route changes.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Timeline
11 Apr 2025 → 27 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 15:00 BST
- Clarification questions by14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent190 days ago16 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published188 days ago17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BST
- Standstill ends178 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 15:00 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published16 Apr 2026, 16:55 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Apr 2026, 16:55 BST
- Contract details notice published17 Apr 2026, 15:05 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS TAXIS CYF, Lewis Rhydlewisjoint awardAward of Ceredigion - Learner Transport - Buses 20251 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2029Extensions: Contracts will be for 2 years with a possible extension of up to 2 years or 5 years with a possible extension of up to 2 years. | £573,800 | 16 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Ceredigion - Learner Transport - Buses 2025 · LEWIS TAXIS CYF, Lewis Rhydlewis
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £573,800
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Contracts will be for 2 years with a possible extension of up to 2 years
No agreed KPIs: The contract deliverables are fully specified and measurable through acceptance criteria within the specification; therefore, separate KPIs are not considered necessary.
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
2 commercial parties on the notice- Lewis RhydlewisAwarded supplier
- Lewis Taxis CyfAwarded 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