Official UK procurement notice
Home to School Minibus Hire 2025
Authority: City of York Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£100,000≈ £50k / year · £130,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Jul 2025awarded 18 Aug 2025
Awarded to Dawsongroup Bus and Coach Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHome to School Minibus Hire for Danesgate School 2025
CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Specialist vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000
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
Lot awarding rule: 60% Price 30% Quality 10% Social Value
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 1 Jul 2025, 10:53 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 15:35 BST
- Authority reference
100012- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036331- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055683Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 15 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publict… ↗ Reference 100012 - Home to School Minibus Hire 2025
Timeline
1 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 10:53 BST
- Submission deadline15 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published18 Aug 2025, 15:35 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2025- Tender notice published1 Jul 2025, 10:53 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 Aug 2025, 15:35 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Aug 2025, 15:35 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £165,5841 award exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawsongroup Bus and Coach Limited1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027 | £165,584 | 18 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DAWSONGROUP BUS AND COACH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender