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Official notice

Authority: Our Lady of the Magnificat

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£405,000exc. VAT5.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Feb 2025awarded 28 Apr 2025
Awarded to Preston's Coaches T/A Royal Motorways

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of home to school transport for St Bedes Catholic Middle School

CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The procurement is to provide the home to school transport for St Bede's Catholic…AwardedRenewalPublished value£405,000

The procurement is to provide the home to school transport for St Bede's Catholic Middle School

Delivery: West Midlands · St Bede's Catholic Middle School, Holloway Lane, Redditch, B98 7HA
Extensions: Initial term is 36 months with options to extend by 12 + 12 months to make a total term of 60 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • quality: 60%
  • price: 40%
  • Price: quality 60%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
23 Jan 2025, 16:59 GMT
Last source update
28 Apr 2025, 12:10 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Feb 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017275
Classification (CPV)
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d5db Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
26 Feb 2025, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Feb 2025 → 28 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    26 Feb 2025, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 12:10 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Apr 2025, 12:10 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £381,0241 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Preston's Coaches T/A Royal MotorwaysSME£381,024 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Our Lady of the Magnificat

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityEducation Trinity Catholic High School, Guys Cliffe Ave,, Leamington Spa, West Midlands, CV32 6NBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria