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Colchester Park and Ride

Buyer: Essex County Council →

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BuyerEssex County Council
StatusClosed
Deadline2 Jun 2026
Value£2,600,000
Published1 May 2026

What is being bought

The purpose of this tender is to ensure that the residents of Essex continue to have a Park and Ride service into Colchester city centre. This will ensure ECC continues to align with sustainable transport strategy, as well as with agreed various visions, objectives and policies reflected within the current Local Transport Plan. This tender is for the award of the Colchester Park and Ride Service: - The Colchester Park and Ride Service: accessible from the A12, junction 28 and has a short 15- 20 minute journey time into the city centre. The new bus Services contract will be awarded as Gross or Nett Cost Contract, and the Service Commencement Date will be the 26th of September 2026. The initial services period will be for four (4) years.

Delivery location

UKH3, GB

Categories

Public road transport services 60112000Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 60130000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£2,600,000
Contract periodFrom 26 Sept 2026 to 25 Sept 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
ITT: Commercial Response — 70% of the Overall Evaluation Criteria. (70%)
ITT: Quality Questions — 15% of the Overall Evaluation Weighting Criterion Evaluation: 50% on Successful implementation and Delivery Question, 50% on Operational Support Question. (15%)
ITT: Social Value — 10% of the Overall Evaluation Weighting Criterion Evaluation: 100% Social Value Score. (10%)
ITT: Climate — 5% of the Overall Evaluation Weighting Criterion Evaluation: 100% Climate Score on Question Please describe how your proposed solution will contribute to reducing emissions and improving air quality within the local area. (5%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Public road transport services, Special-purpose road passenger-transport servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 60. The category anchor is Public road transport services (60112000); 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 602,46914 median · 30 average (1,938 of 2,469 with a bid count)1.4 average (1,954 of 2,469 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH333 median · 3 average (1 of 3 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)725.5 median · 13.3 average (6 of 72 with a bid count)4 average (6 of 72 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 byNot published
Submission policyallowed
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.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-052a22
Latest release ID040703-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 01 2026 15:26:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040703-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-02T10:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-05-26T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-06-29T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://open-uk.org/opportunities/overview/public/24a1ce5e-f04b-4911-b119-bfedbb0e1c68 The tender name on the Open system is PL0080 - Colchester Park and Ride. Bidders are required to register and sign-up to the system (Open).
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£2,600,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 May 2026tender040703-2026
10 Jun 2025planning031309-2025
30 May 2025planning028946-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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        "description": "The Council are considering potential operating models, and so request that interested parties respond to the Market Research document issued by 17:00 on 13th June 2025.\nThe Market Research features two main questions, accessible through the associated ProContract project: 'PL0080 Colchester Park and Ride Services'. Please note there are two ProContract projects under this name, with the one being used from this point onwards 'DN776690'.\nThis activity is a request is for information only, and it is not an invitation to tender or treat with the Council for Park and Ride operations. If you have any questions regarding this exercise, please submit them via the ProContract Portal and we will reply to your questions as soon as possible."
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}