Official UK procurement notice
Home to School Transport Bus Service
Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTameside Borough Council is looking to procure a coach and driver to transport children and young people (aged 11 - 16 years of age) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) living within the boundaries of Tameside Borough who otherwise would be unable to access an educational setting, respite care or day care. A PSV bus will be required to collect the young person(s) from a bus stop along the advised route and will take them to their educational setting, returning them in the afternoon from the setting back to the bus stop.
CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£324,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality Questions: 30%
- Cost: 50%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Questions
- Social Value
- Cost
- 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
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 27 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
12111- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018051- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065ea0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Bidders must complete and return their Tender Response Documents via the Chest e-tendering system.
Project details for the chest are as follows
Name: Home to School Transport Bus Service
Opportunity ID: DN808040
Link to the opportunity: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
- Clarification questions by212 days ago23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline205 days ago30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by135 days ago8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published133 days ago10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BST
- Contract starts51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete10 Jun 2026, 11:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 9 Jun 2026 | CancelledFollowing a detailed internal review of the Council's requirements, the procurement process for this tender has been discontinued. The review concluded that the service requirement can be more effectively met through an existing contractual arrangement already in place within the Council. As a result, the Council has decided not to proceed any further with this tender exercise, and therefore no contract award will be made under this process. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The tender documents are available via The Chest. Project details for The Chest are as follows Name: Home to School Transport Bus Service Opportunity ID: DN808040
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender