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Ceredigion - Public Bus Routes September 2023

Buyer: Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council →

BuyerCyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published26 Mar 2026

What is being bought

The provision of public service bus routes. 8 routes are being tendered. Provision of the public bus routes contracts which are due to expire on 31 August 2023, and 31 December 2023 (408). Contracts to commence on 1 September 2023 (1 January 2024 for the 408) with option of terms until 31 August 2025 with a possible extension period of 1 + 1 year (2+1+1) or until 31 August 2028 with a possible extension period of 1 + 1 year (5+1+1). There are multiple options available and bidders are required to consider the information provided in the attachments area carefully. The routes being tendered are: 408 525 526 585 588 710 720 T21

Delivery location

UKL1

Categories

Public-service buses 34121100Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 60000000Road transport services 60100000Public road transport services 60112000Public road transport services 60112000

Lot details

Lot 1

The provision of public service bus routes. 8 routes are being tendered. Provision of the public bus routes contracts which are due to expire on 31 August 2023, and 31 December 2023 (408). Contracts to commence on 1 September 2023 (1 January 2024 for the 408) with option of terms until 31 August 2025 with a possible extension period of 1 + 1 year (2+1+1) or until 31 August 2028 with a possible extension period of 1 + 1 year (5+1+1). There are multiple options available and bidders are required to consider the information provided in the attachments area carefully. The routes being tendered are: 408 525 526 585 588 710 720 T21

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Public-service buses, Public road transport services, Road transport services, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Public-service buses (34121100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 341,5452 median · 13.9 average (386 of 1,545 with a bid count)3.2 average (430 of 1,545 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer211.5 median · 11.5 average (2 of 2 with a bid count)6 average (2 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKL147 median · 6.8 average (4 of 4 with a bid count)3.5 average (4 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

027987-2026-1

Statusactive
Value£4,744,352

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03bea6
Latest release ID027987-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 26 2026 14:23:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Mar 2026award, contract027987-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
26 Mar 2026 · 027987-2026 · award, contract
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