Official UK procurement notice
Interim Rural Public Transport Services
Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedford Borough Council is implementing an interim contract in respect of rural bus transport, from 1 August 2024 until 31 March 2025.
CPV: Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contracted bus operator will deliver 4 existing bus routes (Bedford - Peppercorn…Awarded
The contracted bus operator will deliver 4 existing bus routes (Bedford - Peppercorn Park, Bedford - Rushden, Bedford - Ravensden, and Bedford - Pertenhall) for a period of 8 months.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2024, 14:06 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2024, 13:49 BST
- Authority reference
C BBC EN 05840- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023779- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04791fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, under Regulation 32 (2)(c) of Public Contract Regulation 2015.
It had been anticipated that the current contract would be extended for a short eight month period commencing 1st August 2024, to allow for a new contract to commence April 2025. It has not been possible to procure a new contract, which is dependent on a network redesign, to commence in August 2024 due to the authority's obligations under the terms of its Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) grant funding which cease in the new financial year 2025/26.
However, the current operator has now deregistered the services, meaning in order to continue to deliver our rural transport service for residents they must be performed by a different operator after 31 July 2024. The authority believes that the timescales of this, in combination with the timescales of registration of a new operator with the Traffic Commissioners, preclude a tender exercise and having satisfied itself that only one commercial operator other than the incumbent is capable of fulfilling the service, have awarded a contract to Cambus Ltd t/a Stagecoach East.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambus Ltd T/AProvision of Interim Rural Public Transport Services | £600,147 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Cambus Ltd T/A | £600,147 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 023779-2024-1 · Cambus Ltd T/A
- Signed
- 30 Jul 2024
- Value
- £600,147
- Status
- active
Provision of Interim Rural Public Transport Services · Cambus Ltd T/A
- Signed
- 2 Jul 2024
- Value
- £600,147
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cambus Ltd T/AAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.