Official UK procurement notice
Coach Hire · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Gateshead College (Education)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC2)
Published estimate£650,000≈ £217k / year · £650,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Jun 2025awarded 4 Aug 2025
Awarded to Stanley Travel (North East) Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Sept 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide coach hire with driver services, in order to provide a comprehensive Student Transport Service between College sites, and to/from various other locations, locally, regionally and nationally. This may include, but is not limited to, providing transportation to sporting and other educational events. This will be on an ad-hoc basis, as and when required.
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CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Price: Long criteria description
- Quality: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2025, 09:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022811- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051774Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
19 May 2025 → 2 Sept 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 16:05 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by4 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent6 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
- Latest notice published2 Sept 2025, 09:12 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 Aug 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Contract signature expected19 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Sept 2025, 09:12 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £650,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Travel (North East) Ltd1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: There will be option for the College to extend for one further period of 24 months. Any extension offered will be subject to satisfactory contract performance and the College still having adequate funding and requirement for the contract. | £650,000 inc. VAT | 4 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Stanley Travel (North East) Ltd
- Signed
- 19 Aug 2025
- Value
- £650,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There will be option for the College to extend for one further period of 24 months. Any extension offered will be subject to satisfactory contract performance and the College still having adequate funding and requirement for the contract.
2 agreed KPIs: Price · Quality
- Price
- Quality
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stanley Travel (North East) LimitedAwarded 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