Official UK procurement notice
Ceredigion - Public Minibus Saturday Service
Authority: Ceredigion County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCeredigion County Council is seeking to procure the introduction of a Saturday service on an existing bus route that currently operates Monday to Friday. This requirement follows an unsuccessful attempt to procure a Saturday service during the previous tender process.
Contracts to commence on 07 February 2026 until 31 August 2027 with an option to extend for a period of one year.
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£134,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Commercial: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Commercial
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Nov 2025, 11:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jan 2026, 13:44 GMT
- Authority reference
itt_121395- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077601- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e9fdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 7 Feb 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published332 days ago27 Nov 2025, 11:16 GMT
- Clarification questions by325 days ago4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline318 days ago11 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Latest notice published274 days ago23 Jan 2026, 13:44 GMT
- Contract starts260 days ago7 Feb 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025- Tender notice published27 Nov 2025, 11:16 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published23 Jan 2026, 13:44 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete23 Jan 2026, 13:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 23 Jan 2026 | CancelledNo compliant bids were received. As a result, the contracting authority has determined that the procurement cannot proceed to contract award, and no contract has been awarded. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender