Official UK procurement notice
DPS for the Provision of Local Bus Services in Leicestershire (LBS1)
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDPS for the Provision of Local Bus Services in Leicestershire (LBS1)
Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Local Bus Services in Leicestershire.
This notice is to inform the market that the DPS, which was put in place in September 2024, has been extended to 23 February 2029.
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Local Bus…Published value£20,000,000
Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Local Bus Services in Leicestershire.
This notice is to inform the market that the DPS, which was put in place in September 2024, has been extended to 23 February 2029.
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).
- “DPS for the Provision of Local Bus Services in Leicestershire (LBS1)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Leicestershire County Council buys Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60), and who usually turns up
Leicestershire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 36 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–39% / 6%
4–69% / 15%
7+82% / 79%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Local Bus…CPV 60Published estimate£20m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 60. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–310%
4–625%
7+65%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £8.6m31 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £6.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 2% below n=4 | |
| £186k153 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £633k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 34% below n=15 | |
| £4.2m17 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 48% below n=1 | |
| £3.3m3 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £2.0m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:36 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Feb 2029 – …
- Authority reference
DN732412- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071676- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbeeFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via East Midlands Tendering- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 22 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 4 dates- Notice published351 days ago6 Nov 2025, 14:36 GMT
- Contract starts3 days ago20 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.