Official UK procurement notice
CSKL & TPPL Bus Framework 2025
Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCSKL and TPPL will be inviting tenders for organisations to participate in a 48-month closed Framework for the supply of buses and passenger transport services across the UK. Buses and coaches to be supplied shall include, but are not limited to, chassis (converted and unconverted), van conversions, and coach built. Buses and coaches available shall be for any range/number of seats and with any required fuel type (e.g. petrol, diesel, biodiesel, HVO, electric, hydrogen) and drivetrain.
In relation to provision of community and/or passenger transport services. Contracts awarded under the framework are expected to be for the provision to carry 9 or more passengers. Vehicles used in the provision of services to include minibuses, buses and coaches. Wheelchair accessible variants will be required. Passenger assistants/escorts may be required by Contact Authorities for some services.
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CPV: Buses and coaches · Chassis · Minibuses · Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons · Road transport services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 17 Dec 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “CSKL & TPPL Bus Framework 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jun 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035814- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055539Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
27 Jun 2025 → 17 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published27 Jun 2025, 14:05 BST
- Market engagement11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
The proposed bus and passenger transport framework is intended to be accessible across the UK. The solution will be a partnership between Commercial Services Kent Limited (CSKL) and The Procurement Partnership Ltd (TPPL). The framework is a renewal of previous national bus frameworks that have been successful across a number of iterations.
TPPL will be supporting CSKL throughout this procurement process. Providing support in document creation, during the tender window, in evaluating responses, and in providing on going management of the resultant framework agreement.
The scope of engagement for this new iteration of the framework is a questionnaire based survey. The purpose of the questionnaire is to seek views from the supply-chain on issues that may impact on the final specification, lot structure, and the scope for delivering social value outcomes.
The information gathered will be used for the following:
•To build capacity within the supply chain to bid for the proposed framework
•To engage with partners on the overall general scope of the specification and requirements prior to issuing the tender documents.
•To provide feedback in relation to the appetite of the market together with information that will allow the exercise to be shaped to elicit a positive response from suppliers.
The benefits to your organisation in participating in this process include:
•The chance to assess whether the opportunity will be suitable and of interest to you.
•Ensuring that the specification is realistic and market focused.
•The chance to raise any risks, concerns or issues regarding the potential opportunity.
Your responses will assist us in creating a process which is well-framed, focused, feasible, and likely to be of interest to the market.
There is no commercial advantage or disadvantage to your organisation as a result of being involved in this market engagement. This process focuses on the market rather than on the merits of individual suppliers. It involves no element of supplier selection or bid evaluation.
The questionnaire is available for completion upon request via TPPL during the period 27th June 2025 to 11th July 2025 at 17:00.
The questionnaire is accessible via this link: forms.office.com/e/mEQLsWETDt ↗
Completed engagement questionnaires must be submitted no later than 5:00pm on the 11th of July 2025.
- Contract starts313 days ago17 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Jun 2025, 14:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender